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Ministry of Children,Community and Social Services
Director’s Office
Social Assistance
Service Delivery Branch
Ministère des Services à l’enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires
Bureau du directeur
Direction de la prestation desservices en matière d’aide sociale
March 26, 2020
FROM: Patti Redmond, Director, Social Assistance Service Delivery Branch
RE: COVID-19 RESPONSE
We are aware that your organization is re-focusing activities and resources in response to the emergency declaration in Ontario related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At this time the ministry is providing a number of key financial supports and flexibility to allow you the discretion to focus on the safety, health and well-being of your staff and your clients.
For programs with an ongoing funding relationship with the ministry your payments will continue into 2020/21 based on the 2019/20 funding you are currently receiving from MCCSS except for any time-limited funding that was scheduled to end or where the ministry communicated a different 2020/21 allocation for your organization. This is consistent with previous years’ practice.
If your organization received time-limited or project-based funding that was tied to specific activities or milestones in 2019/20 that will need to be deferred to 2020/21 as a result of impacts related to COVID-19, such flexibility will be considered and will be addressed on a case by case basis.
For the period of April 1st to September 30th Transfer Payment Recipients (TPRs):
At this time, we are defining expenditures related to COVID-19 to include:
Please talk to your Program Supervisor or MCCSS contact if you have questions/concerns related to this list.
As you know, MCCSS was preparing to adopt the Transfer Payment Ontario (TPON) platform to support the service contracting process for 2020/21. However, due to the heightened level of concern related to the spread of COVID-19, MCCSS is pausing all work to onboard TPON at this time. This will not impact the way you receive funds from the ministry.
You are required to track any expenditures related to COVID-19 separately, and that you continue to do so until future discussions with you in the fall. Additionally, please ensure these expenditures are captured in your audited financial statements for 2019/20 and 2020/21In the meantime, the service contracting process for 2020/21 and the timelines for the 2019/20 Transfer Payment Budget Package TPR Q4 Report and year end reconciliation are being deferred until further notice by MCCSS.
We thank you and appreciate what your organization and staff are doing to support Ontarians under these challenging circumstances. We know that these are unusual times and our collective responses to these challenges are still in a phase of rapid change and evolution.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Program Supervisor/MCCSS contact. We are committed to continuing to work with you to keep our communities safe and healthy as these circumstances continue to evolve.
Patti Redmond, Director, Social Assistance Service Delivery Branch