Help Shape Child & Family Services

Are you a parent or caregiver? Are you planning a family?

We want to hear from you about your needs and experiences with local child care and family programs to help us plan current and future services in Northumberland County.

About child and family services in Northumberland

• Northumberland County currently works with 10 local licensed child care providers to coordinate and plan services for 36 child care centres and two licensed home child care agencies.
• We oversee approximately 2,164 child care spaces.
• We offer a child care fee subsidy for families in need, to help pay some or all of the cost of child care.
• We offer free EarlyON Child and Family Centre programs for children ages six and under at eight centres and various partner locations throughout the county.

To learn more about child and family services in Northumberland, or to see if you may be eligible for our child care fee subsidy, please visit the Northumberland County website.

Building tomorrow's care together

Northumberland County is seeking feedback to inform the development of their Early Years Services 5-Year Plan for 2026-2030.

Collecting data on the needs of local families helps to ensure our resources are directed to areas of greatest need, and that our services are tailored to suit families in our community as we plan for future service delivery.

To gather this information, our Early Years team is conducting an online survey to assess child care and Early Years programming needs among families in Northumberland.

Join In the conversation

• Complete our survey for a chance to win one of five $25 gift cards! Survey closes Friday, April 11, 2025.