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Kids First Family Resource Centre (Guysborough)
Page last updated February 11, 2005
105 Queen Street
PO Box 234
Guysborough, Nova Scotia
B0H 1N0
Tel: (902) 533-3881
Fax: (902) 533-2456
kidsguys@ns.sympatico.ca
www.geocities.com/kidsfirst_ca
Programs & Services offered at Kids First Family Resource Centre (Guysborough) (Click for a complete listing)
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Setting: Free-standing centre
Established: 1994
Clientele: Children 0-6 and their families in Guysborough County
Are user fees charged? No
Any eligibility requirements? Preschool is open to those not going to another preschool. (Try to reach the ones that need the preschool experience.) Preschool is just for four year-olds.
Major Funder: Public Health Agency of Canada (CAPC), Public Health Agency of Canada (CPNP)
Other Funders: Department of Community Services, donations, fundraisers
Annual Operating Budget (range): $100,000-$149,999
Best Practices:
- Parents’ commitment to programming and their creativity and resourcefulness
- Collective kitchen. Group of interested community people together and cook together, try new recipes, explore new areas, etc. Used to do collectively with Public Health and Community Health Board
Future Program Development: Collective kitchen and School readiness programs
Additional Information:
- Centre covers a large area. Only one daycare centre in Guysborough County (although county is geographically second largest in province). Cemtre cycles through 5-7 different programs in 4 different locations
- Kids First (Guysborough) is part of the Kids First Association that covers the tri-county area of Antigonish, Pictou, and Guysborough counties
- All three counties have a Community Committee which is made up of parent participants and agency reps. The role of the community committees is to oversee the day to day operation of their family resource centre and to provide support to staff . Community Committees make decisions on programming and other needs for their local community.
- Board of Directors is 100% participant driven. All members of the current Board of Directors is currently or has in the past been a participant of the project
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