Item - 2012.CD14.5

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council endorse the Municipal Child Care Services public fee adjustment as outlined in Appendix C of the report (June 18, 2012) from the General Manager, Children's Services, to be phased in over 3 years.

2.         City Council include the proposed 2013 Municipal Child Care Services public fee increase of $0.083 million in the 2013 Operating Budget Submission for Children's Services.

3.         City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Children's Services, to increase Municipal Child Care Services fees charged to families not eligible for fee subsidy in 2014 and 2015 as outlined in Appendix C of the report (June 18, 2012) from the General Manager, Children's Services, to reflect the actual cost of providing service, in accordance with the Provincial "Guidelines for Municipalities: Establishing Child Care Per Diems", with these increases to be adjusted for inflation if necessary and reflected in the Children's Services Division's annual operating budget submissions.

4.         City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Children's Services, in consultation with the other divisions as appropriate, to take actions necessary to change the title of Municipal Child Care Services to Toronto Early Learning and Child Care Services, which better reflects the mandate of this function and the transition of child care to a system of early learning and care, with any transitional costs to be addressed through the existing Municipal Child Care Services budget.

5.         City Council request that the General Manager, Children's Services report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee on details of new provincial funding when they become available.