Item - 2008.CD15.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 26, 2008 without amendments.
- This item was considered by Community Development and Recreation Committee on May 12, 2008 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on May 26, 2008.
CD15.3 - Potential Issues Related to the Expansion of Corporate, For-Profit Child Care
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
City Council Decision
City Council on May 26 and 27, 2008, adopted the following motions:
1. The recommendations in the attached report, "If it don’t make dollars, does that mean it don’t make sense? Commercial, Non-profit and Municipal Child Care in the City of Toronto, A report to the Children’s Services Division, City of Toronto", be approved and the General Manager, Children's Services, report back on strategies for implementation of the recommendations.
2. The General Manager of Children's Services Division develop a communications plan to disseminate the report on potential issues related to for-profit corporate child care to the Federal government, the Provincial government and to municipalities.
3. The General Manager of Children's Services Division report back on capital strategies to support development of non-profit child care programs consistent with the Council approved fee subsidy targets.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12676.pdf
Attachment 1 - Report from the University of Toronto - Commercial, Nonprofit and Municipal Child Care
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12677.pdf
Declared Interests (City Council)
Councillor Howard Moscoe - in that his daughter is a part-time child care worker employed by the City of Toronto.
3a - Commercial, Nonprofit and Municipal Child Care in the City of Toronto
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12679.pdf
CD15.3 - Potential Issues Related to the Expansion of Corporate, For-Profit Child Care
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
Committee Recommendations
The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:
1. The recommendations in the attached report, “If it don’t make dollars, does that mean it don’t make sense? Commercial, Non-profit and Municipal Child Care in the City of Toronto, A report to the Children’s Services Division, City of Toronto” be approved and that the General Manager, Children's Services, report back on strategies for implementation of the recommendations.
2. The General Manager of Children's Services Division develop a communications plan to disseminate the report on potential issues related to for-profit corporate child care to the Federal government, the Provincial government and to municipalities.
3. The General Manager of Children's Services Division report back on capital strategies to support development of non-profit child care programs consistent with the Council approved fee subsidy targets.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Community Development and Recreation Committee requested the General Manager, Children’s Services, to:
1. Undertake a communications strategy to disseminate the findings of this report, including distribution to other governments and interested organizations.
2. Report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee on the following:
a. the role of Federal government funding in developing non-profit child care;
b. options for encouraging the expansion of municipally-operated child care centres;
c. options for creating a capital fund for child care, including through the development process, such as TIEGs and Section 37 charges;
d. reaffirming the City of Toronto’s commitment to child care as a core public service; and
e. City cost-sharing to achieve the approved service target for fee subsidies.
Origin
Summary
Financial Impact
This report has no immediate financial impact.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12676.pdf
Attachment 1 - Report from the University of Toronto - Commercial, Nonprofit and Municipal Child Care
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12677.pdf
Speakers
Dr. Gordon Cleveland, Associate Chair, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough
Jenny Robinson, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
3a - Commercial, Nonprofit and Municipal Child Care in the City of Toronto
Origin
Summary
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/cd/bgrd/backgroundfile-12679.pdf