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…
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…
As shared with Council on Wednesday, March 25, the Province announced its plan to support essential workers during the COVID-19 outbreak by providing emergency licensed child-care services for health care and other frontline workers. Emergency child-care services are reserved exclusively for children of essential and critical service workers identified in the Province’s list of workers…
On March 23, 2020, The Ministry of Education, who is responsible for licensed child care in the Province in partnership with Children’s Services, announced that they will work to support the provision of licensed child care in specific locations for health care and other frontline workers, free of charge to parents. Children’s Services is developing…
Children’s Services understands that childcare and early years service providers will continue to have many questions about funding as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 in Ottawa. We continue to review all funding related questions and the provincial guidelines to determine what supports can be provided to families, children and service providers. Should you…
The City’s Community and Protective Services Committee today approved a five-year plan for child care and early years services. Based on extensive consultations, the goal of the plan is to increase access, affordability, quality and responsiveness, to give children in Ottawa the best possible start in life. Changes in provincial funding for child care services…