Ottawa – The City’s Community and Protective Services Committee today approved an updated workplan for Children’s Services for 2021 and 2022, revised to reflect COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery. The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on Ottawa’s child care and early years sector, and the City is providing ongoing support to families, children and…
Child Care Now Ottawa (ottawa.ccnow.ca) and Horizon Ottawa have launched a study to gain a better understanding of the ways parents and childcare workers are experiencing childcare during the pandemic. Parents, we want to know about your experiences inside and outside of official childcare structures. We welcome input from parents that hire childcare services as…
Message from Dr. Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health, OPH We know families are frustrated with the experience regarding the return to school for children who have experienced non-COVID related symptoms or illness, or who recovered from COVID-19. Many schools or childcare providers are denying entry to service without a medical certificate or proof of…
On August 13th Parks and Recreation advised Council that Before and After School Programs (BASP) would be offered at several recreation facilities across the City. At the time, their intent was to commence programs on September 3rd to coincide with the start of the school year and registration for these programs opened on August 24th.…
The City will be starting its Before and After School programs at various locations on Thursday, September 3 to coincide with the reopening of schools. Registration opens online on Monday, August 24 at 9 pm. The program guide will be online Friday, August 21, providing information on hours and program locations. Prior to the program…
Message de la Maison de la Francophonie Vu que nous ne pouvons pas vous offrir un camp d’été en présentiel, nous avons adapté notre approche et vous offrons des sessions de camps d’été en format virtuel. Venez vous amusez avec Jennifer, notre monitrice de camps d’été 2020, qui fera pour vous une panoplie d’activités en ligne,…
I am distributing this survey on behalf of Child Care Now: Dear Ottawa parents, We at Child Care Now (Ottawa) are concerned that Ottawa child care programs closed by COVID-19 will be reopening without parent consultation. We have developed the following survey to better understand parent concerns about child care reopening (and their broader experience…
June 12 2020 – Memo from the General Manager, Community and Social Services The purpose of this memo is to share an update on the reopening of all child care centres, with specific information on the City-operated Municipal Child Care Centres given the provincial announcement on June 9. This is a rapidly evolving situation with…
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This memo is in follow-up to an emergency provincial order issued by the Ministry of Education on April 10, immediately prohibiting service providers to collect parent fees for child care services which are not being provided during the COVID-19 outbreak, while also ensuring parents will not lose their spot or be penalized as a result…