Item - 2012.HL17.5

The Board of Health recommends to Budget Committee that:

1.         City Council approve the Board of Health's previous request for a $1,257,416 gross/net increase to municipal funding in 2013 towards stabilizing existing Student Nutrition Programs; including $247,616 for the inflationary cost of food in 2012/13.

2.         City Council approve $222,912 gross/net towards expanding Student Nutrition Programs into 19 additional schools beginning in the 2013/14 school year.

The Board of Health:

1.         Endorsed, in principle, a proposed five year plan for expansion of the Student Nutrition Program in Toronto in high need schools, with an incremental increase in municipal investment over the next five years to provide up to 20% of estimated program costs;

2.         Forwarded the report (October 12, 2012) from the Medical Officer of Health to the Budget Committee for consideration during the 2013 Operating Budget process; and

3.         Forwarded this report to the Premier of Ontario, the Ontario Ministers of Children and Youth Services, Health and Long-Term Care, and Education, the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, le Conseil scolaire Viamonde, le Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud, the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, the Angel Foundation for Learning, United Way Toronto, and the Greater Toronto Civic Action Alliance.