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Ministry of Education
Early Years and Child Care Division
315 Front Street West, 11th Floor
Toronto ON M5V 3A4
TO: Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Service Administration Boards
FROM: Shannon Fuller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Early Years and Child Care Division
DATE: August 14, 2020
SUBJECT: Federal Safe Restart Funding (SRF) – September Reopening Plan
The purpose of this memo is to provide details on the federal Safe Restart Funding (SRF) that supports a shared commitment by the Ontario and Federal governments to ensure a safe, sufficient and adequate supply of child care is available to support the gradual return to work of parents as the economy reopens.
The Government of Canada has committed to provide $625M in new funding nationwide to help the child care sector adapt to the COVID-19 environment and address the unique needs stemming from the pandemic. In Ontario, SRF will provide $234.6M in new funding and will complement existing provincial investments to help parents, families and communities so that parents can return to work with confidence.
The SRF will be provided through CMSMs and DSSABs for child care and EarlyON, through First Nations for child care and Child & Family Programs on reserve and directly from the Ministry of Education for child care centres without a purchase of service agreement. The investment will consist of two components:
as operators transition to return to full capacity, and minor capital required in accordance with Ministry’s reopening operational guidance or local public health requirements.
SRF will be provided through CMSMs/DSSABs for operators that have a purchase of service agreement for general operating and/or fee subsidies as well as EarlyON Child and Family Centres. CMSMs/DSSABs will work directly with child care operators in their area. Funding has been allocated to CMSMs/DSSABs proportionally based on their total 2020 child care and EarlyON allocations (per the October 2019 budget schedules). See Appendix A for further details. These funds are intended to be spent by December 31, 2020.
Child care operators who do not have a purchase of service agreement will receive funding support directly from the province for SRF. Not having a purchase of service agreement is defined as not having a purchase of service agreement for general operating and/or fee subsidy funding with a CMSM/DSSAB.
CMSMs/DSSABs will be required to track and monitor expenditures as well as service data including the number of licensed child care centres and licenced spaces, the number of EarlyON Child and Family Centres and the number of licensed home child care agencies and homes supported by SRF. CMSMs/DSSABs will report back on SRF as part of the 2020 Financial Statement submissions in the Education Finance Information System (EFIS).
Thank you for your partnership and continued collaboration at all levels, and please let us know how we can continue to provide support, as we safely return to full capacity in our child care centres and begin reopening Child & Family Centres throughout the province.
Thank you,
Shannon Fuller
Appendix A: Federal Safe Restart Funding Allocations
CMSM/DSSAB |
2020 SRF Allocation ($) |
---|---|
Corporation of the City of Brantford | 1,439,159 |
City of Cornwall | 1,256,204 |
City of Greater Sudbury | 2,525,683 |
The City of Hamilton | 7,506,502 |
Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes | 824,267 |
Corporation of the City of Kingston | 1,614,170 |
Corporation of the City of London | 5,304,174 |
City of Ottawa | 13,381,762 |
Corporation of the City of Peterborough | 1,401,339 |
Corporation of the City of St. Thomas | 1,005,052 |
Corporation of the City of Stratford | 698,427 |
City of Toronto | 47,545,885 |
Corporation of the City of Windsor | 4,659,556 |
Corporation of the County of Bruce | 703,088 |
Corporation of the County of Dufferin | 590,555 |
Corporation of the County of Grey | 954,328 |
Corporation of the County of Hastings | 1,396,734 |
Corporation of the County of Huron | 604,346 |
Corporation of the County of Lambton | 1,873,478 |
County of Lanark | 732,669 |
County of Lennox & Addington | 612,144 |
County of Northumberland | 736,189 |
County of Oxford | 930,815 |
County of Renfrew | 978,947 |
County of Simcoe | 4,326,979 |
County of Wellington | 2,155,034 |
District Municipality of Muskoka | 602,460 |
Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent | 1,659,676 |
The Corporation of Norfolk County | 948,208 |
Regional Municipality of Durham | 6,811,867 |
Regional Municipality of Halton | 5,578,664 |
Regional Municipality of Niagara | 4,532,998 |
Regional Municipality of Peel | 17,841,056 |
Regional Municipality of Waterloo | 5,719,638 |
Regional Municipality of York | 14,239,708 |
United Counties of Leeds & Grenville | 899,523 |
United Counties of Prescott & Russell | 1,113,751 |
Algoma District Services Administration Board | 659,839 |
District of Cochrane Social Service Administration Board | 1,321,710 |
District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board | 1,360,071 |
District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board | 700,757 |
District of Sault Ste Marie Social Services Administration Board | 988,325 |
District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board | 876,839 |
Kenora District Services Board | 927,871 |
Manitoulin-Sudbury District Social Services Administration Board | 894,181 |
Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board | 518,831 |
District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board | 1,800,039 |
Provincial Total | 175,753,498 |