A Community Fit For Children A Community Fit for Children Report: A Focus on Young Children in Waterloo Region, 2nd Edition is now available! A Community Fit For Children Report, 2nd Edition Une communauté adaptée aux enfants, 2e édition A Community Fit for Children: A Focus on Young Children in Waterloo Region, 2nd Edition is a follow up report to the first edition of  A Community Fit for Children: A Focus on Young Children in Waterloo Region Report. Both editions of the report focus on the status of the health and well being of young children and families in Waterloo Region, taking a holistic approach and illustrating, through research, that young children thrive when they live in an environment that nourishes their physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs. The child development information shared in these reports is the most extensive neighbourhood level information we have related to children and families in the Waterloo Region. Looking through the 2nd Edition of the report, you will see that we still have much to be proud of in our Region.  We are doing better than most communities in Canada in supporting many areas of healthy child development. Waterloo Region fares above Ontario and Canadian averages on many indicators of economic wellbeing; we have numerous community resources available for families with young children; and we are making progress in better supporting early child development on many key indicators of child wellbeing. And yet, there is still more to be done.  An unacceptable number of families live on low income, and results from the Early Development Instrument show that 1 in 5 young children in Waterloo Region are vulnerable to experiencing some form of developmental difficulty that may hinder their success in school. There are wide gaps both within and between neighbourhoods on many key indicators of child wellbeing that we need to close. We know our community can do better than this.  In providing the community with useful information about the health and well being of the children in the Waterloo Region, it is our intention that you, our readers, will use this document for action in your own unique capabilities. All children, in all our neighbourhoods, need supportive families and supportive communities.  For more information, hard copies of this document, or to arrange a presentation of the document for your organization or group, please contact the YMCA Ontario Early Years Centre at 741-8585, extension 225 or email: oeycdac@ckwymca.ca Click here to download the 1st Edition of Community of Community Fit for Children. CFFC Data Sources and Limitations