If your spouse is deployed, either on course or overseas, and your regular caregiver is unavailable, you can look to our Emergency Child Care Service (ECC) for help.
What is Emergency Child Care?
Our Emergency Child Care Service is designed to help Canadian Forces families on a short-term basis to bridge the gap between having no child care provider and having a regular child care provider. Please understand that there are limitations to the Emergency Child Care services that we can provide.
For more information, contact us:
Emergency Child Care Team
(613) 687-1641 ext. 2226
phdc.pmfrc@bellnet.ca
What Circumstances Constitute an Emergency? When...
- A Canadian Forces member is away on duty and his/her spouse/caregiver is unavailable due to illness or family emergency;
- A Canadian Forces member is required to report for duty on short notice and the spouse/caregiver is unavailable;
- The caregiver is a single parent, or both parents are Canadian Forces members, and duty requirements are such that the regular child care provider is unavailable;
- A child is ill and the parent is unable to access their usual child care arrangement at a time when the Canadian Forces member's presence at work is critical to the militarily operation; and
- Other circumstances not covered above exist and emergency child care is deemed necessary.
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