Child Care Pilot Project

ANNEX B – Template for the Letter of Intent

Request for Proposals from Minority Francophone Communities Background Benefits for Communities Guiding Principles for the Pilot Project Enriched Child Care Services Scope of the Pilot Project Responsibilities of Project Manager Responsibilities of the Communities Criteria Application Instructions Evaluation Process Annex A - Evaluation Criteria for the Letter of Intent Annex B - Template for the Letter of Intent Annex C - Organization Chart for a Community

Letter of Intent for the Child Care Pilot Project

[no more than 15 pages]

• Name of proposed community:
• Province:

Information on the community’s participation in the pilot project

In its letter of intent the applicant organization must:

• indicate its understanding of the pilot project;
  
  
• provide the reasons why the community wishes to take part in it;
  
  
• outline the community’s strategy for encouraging and supporting all players (e.g., participation of parents and children throughout the pilot project, whether in the program or control group, or in surveys);
  
  
• outline the community’s strategy for identifying all Francophone children in the community who are eligible to participate in the pilot project (e.g., the children who speak English but who have one parent ayant droit);
  
  
• identify the strengths of, and challenges for, the community, and outline the community’s strategy for successfully participating in the pilot project; and
  
  
• identify the longer-term benefits from participating in the pilot project (e.g., knowledge on the effects of the enriched services, new partners and networks) and how information generated and experience acquired will be used (e.g., promotion of child care services in French).
  
  

Information on the applicant organization

• Name of applicant organization:
• Acronym:
• Mailing address and postal code:
• Area code and telephone number:
• Area code and facsimile number:
• E-mail address:
• Internet site:
• Name and title of the contact person for the application:
• E-mail address of the contact person:
• Mailing address of the contact person:
• Business number:
• Corporation number:

Description of applicant organization

• Mandate of organization:
• Aim:
• Objectives:
• Proof of its status as a not-for-profit organization:

Description of the community

• Socio-economic characteristics of the community, its rural or urban character:
• Characteristics of the population (e.g., number and proportion of Francophones):
• A map showing the territory of the proposed community:

Description of the three-year-old Francophone children in the community

• Estimate of the number of three-year-old Francophone children:
• Linguistic profile of the children:

Description of the association of community partners in early childhood development

• Name of association:
• Names of organizations in the association:
• Description of organizations (e.g., their field of activity, their target population, etc.):
• The number of years the association has existed and its stability over time:

Identification and description of a champion

• Name of champion:
• The number of years of involvement in the community:
• Relationship between the champion and the community:

Identification of a not-for-profit child care centre(s)

• Letter of support: