Our History

The Vancouver Life Skills Society began operating South Vancouver Family Place in the Victoria-Fraserview area of Southeast Vancouver in 1977.

Since 1991 this area has undergone rapid growth and continues to develop as a multicultural, multilingual community, with a large number of immigrant families.

In 1992, the City of Vancouver decided that it would construct a childcare unit in this neighbourhood. The sponsored unit was leased to the Vancouver Life Skills Society which was responsible for setting up and administering this childcare facility - KidsCare Centre.

In November 1995, after a few years of planning and construction, KidsCare opened to serve the community with a preschool program and kindercare program. The kindercare program was terminated in 1998.

In 1999, due to the growing demand of Chinese immigrants, a Bilingual Program (Chinese & English) was set up to compliment the existing English Program – KidsCare Preschool.

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For questions and inquires, please contact svfp@telus.net