Childcare Link is the first province-wide community-driven child care wait list platform. At its core, it is a centralized wait list system that was built from the ground up with the needs of child care facilities in mind.
The current release is based on technology that has been in use by Fastoche for many years. Over the next year, we will be developing the next generation of this technology in collaboration with our partners and colleagues. While that important work is being done, we invite you to try out our platform that is already in use at hundreds of facilities in the province.
Childcare Link leverages technology developed by Fastoche over the last eight years. The platform is being run and supported by the team at Fastoche. We are seeking partners to build, support, and promote Childcare Link. If you are interested in being part of this exciting initiative, please contact partners@childcare.link
There are already over 200 facilities from the across the province using the platform.
During the pilot phase, any child care facility in Manitoba can use Childcare Link. We intend to expand to other provinces in the future.
Yes. We believe that finding quality child care shouldn’t cost money. We also believe that child care facilities should not have to absorb the cost of managing wait lists. Our goal is to keep the service free for families and facilities.
We hope. With the retirement of the Online Child Care Registry, the government left a lot of work for both families and child care facilities. We recognize that centres need an easy system that delivers results quickly. We also know that families shouldn’t have to navigate countless systems to add their child to wait lists in their area. We hope that many centres choose this community-based option.
Absolutely. We have an automated tool that will process your OCCR export and reach out to families to confirm their desire to remain on your list and also complete the information that was missing in the file provided by ELCC.
Yes. We have hundreds of fields to choose from and the ability to determine which ones are required or optional. As we conduct more focus groups, we will be adding even more options to make your wait list reflect your requirements.
Our goal is to provide an open platform that will be accessible to any child care management software that chooses to integrate. Currently there is direct integration with Fastoche, but we will be opening up our APIs to other vendors in 2022 once we have completed focus groups with them.
No. Our repeated requests to meet with the Minister of Families have been refused. We receive no funding or support of any kind from the province.
No. The Manitoba Child Care Association does not endorse or promote any specific wait list solution. The association encourages its members to seek out services that suit their individual business needs.