Families are the cornerstone of a healthy society.
If we hope to enhance the quality of life for children and families, we must engage the whole community. We must build upon the solid foundation already established to design and share in a realistic vision of quality, affordable child care where the caregivers are appropriately compensated for their professional service and the survival of the family is ensured. We hope this data will act as catalysts for change in the way communities support both the families who need child care and the caregivers who serve them. This data can be seen as a tool to empower and inform policy makers as well as business and community leaders throughout their processes for designing strong communities peopled with productive, stimulated and well-adjusted children and youth. In order to accurately interpret this data, it is important to know the data definitions and parameters around data collection.