Laurie Monsebraaten Social Justice Reporter Toronto parents Sarah Fittings and Mykola Jemetz struggle to pay annual daycare fees of more than $30,000 for their 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old twin boys. So a city budget proposal that advocates say would add as much as $80 per child per month for parents in Toronto’s 373 school-based child [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Services’
We Urge the City: Do NOT CUT any $$$s from CHILD CARE!
Our City’s Finance’s are in a critical state as a result of underfunding from the Province in many areas. The City’s Budget Committee has instructed staff in ALL Departments to find 5% savings in their 2010 budgets. . . In the City’s Operating Budget (released on February 16), the Children’s Services Budget includes a recommendation [...]
Subsidy cuts mean fewer daycare spots
Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter – Toronto Star Some of Toronto’s highest-needs neighbourhoods would be the biggest losers if… for more
The City Budget 2010 – How safe are your Child Care Per Diems?
In the last several budgets, thanks to our advocacy, “approved rates” were received by Child Care programs with a PSA and Family Resource Programs in Toronto. And we have seen a commitment, from city politicians and staff in recent years to ensure that funding remains stable, BUT it is not something we can simply count [...]
5,000 child-care subsidies at risk, city report warns
Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter – Toronto Star Each new year seems to bring a new child-care crisis for Toronto … for more
City of Toronto: Children’s Services – Service Plan
2010-2015 – Coming up this fall. The City’s “Children’s Services – Service Plan” was presented to the ELCC community for consultation during the spring months and was due to be presented to the Community Development and Recreation Committee (CDRC) by staff in June. The presentation has however been postponed until the fall, as the release [...]