Ottawa area providers

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Sorry chatting by email here on the forum.

At one point the CCPRN had some funding from the government to help mentor groups of providers in other cities get an organization going and that is how the London group actually started many years ago now. Not sure if they still do but they are a great bunch of ladies and if you asked them might be able to point you in the right direction.

Basically you need to collect the names of a few ladies that want to form a group and then to start you can meet in each other's homes and share crafts, recipes, discuss how to deal with issues like late payments, teething babies, whatever. It is part social part continuing education but for sure it is supportive and makes the job easier just knowing there are like minded people out there.

[playfelt]

Sorry chatting by email here on the forum.

At one point the CCPRN had some funding from the government to help mentor groups of providers in other cities get an organization going and that is how the London group actually started many years ago now. Not sure if they still do but they are a great bunch of ladies and if you asked them might be able to point you in the right direction.

Basically you need to collect the names of a few ladies that want to form a group and then to start you can meet in each other's homes and share crafts, recipes, discuss how to deal with issues like late payments, teething babies, whatever. It is part social part continuing education but for sure it is supportive and makes the job easier just knowing there are like minded people out there.

Just a followup to the comment about starting an association. That is one of the things the Ottawa group is trying to push as an alternative to private providers having to join an agency. Here is a link to an article that appeared in a Toronto paper. For sure the more that can comment and support this idea the better chance there is that the Minister of Education will at least listen to the proposal. Not sure what is the best way to go about supporting this concept but for sure if there were small groups of people in various parts of the province that banded together to form one demand it might help.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/lette...ry_needed.html