Healthy Child Manitoba

Parent Child Coalitions

Program and Funding Guide
Parent Child Coalitions bring together community strengths and resources within a geographic boundary or community, through partnerships with a variety of child, family and community programs and sectors. This approach promotes and supports community-based programs and activities for children and families, with a priority focus on the early years.

Parent Child Coalitions support programs and services for families with young children (0-6), with an emphasis on culturally-appropriate activities that involve children, parents and other caregivers. A variety of child-centred and/or parent-oriented activities are encouraged, recognizing that families have the primary and most significant impact on children’s development. Recent research in the area of early child development has heightened awareness about the critical importance of children’s earliest experiences.

Coalitions strive to provide and support quality early learning experiences for children and families within their communities. All programs supported by Coalitions should adhere as closely as possible to the relevant sections of the guidelines in the following documents:

On the Road to Best Practice: Recommended Guidelines for Parent Child Programs | August 2008

Parent Child Coalitions: Program and Funding Guide | May 2011