Service group: Day care
Private early childhood education and care
Private early childhood education and care is a safe option, as the regional authorities supervise and guide the operations. You can apply for day care centres, group family day care centres and family day care operating with private day care allowance by contacting the care unit directly.
Open meeting places for families with children
A meeting place is a, easy and relaxed 'living room' for all families with children. At the meeting place, you can speak with the workers of the City of Vantaa's wide range of services for families with children, representatives of various organisations and volunteers.
Child home care allowance and Vantaa bonus
Child home care allowance can be applied for by a family who has a child under three years of age who is cared for at home.
Private day care allowance
A family can receive private day care allowance from Kela to pay for private day care. This allowance can the paid right after the parental allowance term has ended.
Evening and round-the-clock care
Evening and round-the-clock care is organised for families who need care for the children also in the evening/overnight due to the work or evening studies of one or both parents.
Language, culture and world view awareness in early childhood education and care
In Vantaa, the objective of language, culture and belief awareness in early childhood education and care is to support the development of each child's linguistic, cultural and religious or ethical background and to guide the children to appreciate and respect the different languages, cultures
Development work in early childhood education and care
Our development work strives to strengthen, create and establish pedagogic operational methods, find ways of working together with other operators and develop the services in a way that allows them to meet the local residents' needs even better than before.
Swedish language immersion
Swedish language immersion begins in early childhood education or pre-primary education and lasts until the end of basic education.
Eco-School
Eco-School is a sustainable development programme for day care centres, schools and educational institutes as well as providers of youth recreational activities.
Pre-primary Education Enrollment
A child’s guardian is obliged to ensure that their child participates in pre-primary education or some other activity that fulfills the objectives of pre-primary education during the year before compulsory education begins.