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Report to: Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB
From: Donna Stewart, Director of Integrated Social Services and Lori Clark, Children's Program Supervisor
Date: September 24, 2020
Re: Federal Safe Restart Funding - Issue Report
On August 14, 2020 staff received a memo from the Ministry of Education (MEDU) advising of Federal Safe Restart Funding. The funding 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. In Ontario, SRF will provide $234.6M in new funding and will complement existing provincial investments.
The investment will consist of two components:
The Manitoulin-Sudbury DSB allocation is $894,181. It is expected funds will be received in early October. Staff are finalizing plans to distribute the funds to providers, the allocations will be based on provider licence capacity.
Staff 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.
A reporting tool is being developed to track provider expenditures to streamline reporting to MEDU.
This funding will help support child care centres in their efforts to ensure a safe environment for both children and staff so that parents can return to work with confidence.