November 26, 1998

To:Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee

From:City Clerk

Subject:Implementation of the Ontario Works Program as it Relates to Children

Recommendations:

The Children and Youth Action Committee recommended to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee:

1.That Council direct the City Clerk to file a formal request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the actual costs of tracking and verifying the expenditure costs of informal child care under the Ontario Works Program.

2.That the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services be requested to report back to the Children and Youth Action Committee on the City of Toronto's costs of administering informal child care under the Ontario Works program.

Background:

The Children and Youth Action Committee on October 26, 1998, gave consideration to a verbal update by Ms. Marna Ramsden, General Manager, Children's Services, Community and Neighbourhood Services, on Implementation of the Ontario Works Program as it Relates to Children.

For the information of the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee, the Children and Youth Action Committee also decided to invite interested Members of all Provincial Parties to attend a meeting of the Children and Youth Action Committee to discuss implications of provincial direction regarding child care under the Ontario Works Program.

The Committee's recommendations are noted above.

City Clerk

B. Bains (392-7033)

cc:Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services

(981026.4a)