Petite enfance en santé

The Healthy Early Years (HEY) program funds projects that improve the healthy development of children (birth to 6 years) living in official language minority communities (OLMC). HEY is part of the Government of Canada's Action Plan for Official Languages.

HEY is led by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). It was launched in 2018 after consultations with OLMC stakeholders across Canada.

Program objective

The HEY program's goal is to improve the health and development of OLMC children and their families. HEY works towards this goal by funding health and development programs that are appropriate to the culture and language of the OLMC community.

These programs aim to improve:

• access to health promotion activities
• access to knowledge and resources
• capacity building and training initiatives

HEY funds programs that cover a variety of public health topics, including:

• infant and child health and development
• postnatal and parental health
• mental health
• nutrition and healthy weights
• injury prevention

Program run by Institut Guy-Lacombe de la famille

Ages 0-6