Plasp Child Care Services

PLASP Child Care Services is a community-based, charitable organization operating on a not-for-profit basis, providing accessible, affordable, high quality licensed child care to all children, including those with diverse learning needs. PLASP provides care for children from 6 weeks to 12 years of age. The organization operates Before and After School programs in over 240 elementary schools located and 28 Early Learning and Child Care Centres located throughout Peel and in Toronto, and five EarlyON centres in Peel Region. Where there is sufficient need, PLASP provides year-round care for school age children by providing programs during P.A. days, the winter holidays, March break and summer, at selected locations. Established in 1975, PLASP has built a solid reputation as an excellent provider of child care and early childhood education. PLASP believes that families are entitled to the support of high quality child care that is affordable, safe and reliable , giving them the peace of mind to go to work each day. All PLASP programs are licensed. PLASP hires staff who are Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) who are registered with the College of Early Childhood Educators. All staff must have a valid First Aid Certificate and clear criminal reference check. Staff in our Before and After School Programs have completed at extensive training to program in providing care to school age children that is recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Child Care and Early Years Act. Currently, PLASP employees over 1,500 individuals in our programs and at our head office in Mississauga. PLASP has been voted the number one provider of child care by the readers of the Mississauga News Newspaper and City Parent Magazine every year since 1998. PLASP annually surveys parents regarding their level of satisfaction with the program and continues to receive an overall satisfaction rate of 94%.