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 Services Administration Boards (CMSMs and DSSABs)
First Nations with Licensed Child Care and/or Child and Family Programs Child Care Licensees
FROM: Holly Moran, Assistant Deputy Minister Early Years and Child Care Division
DATE: January 10, 2022
SUBJECT: Expanded Eligibility for Emergency Child Care
Thank you for your continued efforts to deliver the targeted emergency child care program for eligible parents of school-aged children while schools are operating remotely. As we look to deliver this critical service once again for the families of eligible frontline workers within your regions, I am writing to communicate a small expansion to the eligibility list, effective January 6, 2022.
Pursuant to the authority of the Minister of Education in paragraph 36 of Schedule 4 of Ontario Regulation 82/20 under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (“ROA”) to identify additional individuals who perform work of a critical nature, the Minister has directed that the following individuals be considered eligible for emergency child care:
- Operators licensed under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002.
This includes those licensed to operate a cemetery, crematorium, funeral establishment, casket retailing business, marker retailing business, transfer service or any other business for which a licence may be required by regulation under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act as well as a cemetery owner who is deemed to be a cemetery operator.
Thank you once again for your hard work, commitment and dedication.
Holly Moran