Update on reopening City-run Child Care Centres
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…
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Ministry of Education prohibits collection of child care fees from parents
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…
Emergency child-care services for essential workers
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…
Emergency Child Care
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…
Children’s Services 2020 COVID-19 FAQs – March 20
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…
Committee approves child care plan
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…