Child Care Pilot Project

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Request for Proposals from Minority Francophone Communities

A Child Care Pilot Project is being undertaken in five communities across Canada to gain new knowledge about the development of young francophone children in minority francophone communities. This pilot project is part of the Government of Canada’s Action Plan for Official Languages.

The project will offer enriched child care services in French to young francophone children, and will evaluate the effects of those enriched services on their linguistic, cultural, and overall development.

Social Development Canada (SDC) invites minority francophone communities that are interested in participating in the pilot project and that meet the selection criteria to submit their application. Five communities will be selected to participate.

There are two steps in the application process. The first is to submit a letter of intent to determine if an interested francophone minority community is qualified to proceed to the second step of the application process. The deadline for receiving letters of intent is February 28, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. SDC will notify the qualifying communities and ask them to submit a proposal to participate in the pilot project. The deadline for receiving proposals is April 3, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. Letters of intent and proposals will not be considered if they are received after these deadlines, or if they are sent by email or facsimile. Send letters of intent and proposals to the following address:

Child Care Pilot Project
Knowledge and Research Directorate
Social Development Canada
3rd Floor, Tower B, Place Vanier
355 North River Road
Ottawa ON K1A 0L1

If you have any questions concerning this request for proposals, please send them by e-mail to knowledge_connaissances@sdc-dsc.gc.ca or contact Edith Duclos at (613) 957-6768.