OMSSA Releases Special Needs Resourcing Report
Today OMSSA is releasing a report on Special Needs Resourcing (SNR) in Ontario.
The Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system (CWELCC) has resulted in a historical investment in Ontario’s early years and child care system. This initiative offers enormous potential to increase children and families’ access to affordable, inclusive, high quality, and flexible licensed child care.
Under CWELCC, Ontario has set ambitious priorities for Service System Manager (SSMs) to expand child care spaces and prioritize access and inclusion for underserved populations such as children with special needs.
The SSMs who implement the Province’s vision for early years and child care services are committed to achieving these goals but are facing extensive pressures and navigating complex challenges related to SNR services.
Through Ontario’s CWELCC funding formula and policy, there is an opportunity for the Ministry to address the key SNR-related constraints and challenges facing SSMs.
OMSSA has solicited input from Ontario’s 47 Service System Managers related to Special Needs Resourcing service provision. OMSSA invited SSMs to discuss their local SNR service models, outcome and evaluation approaches, strengths, challenges, needs, and recommendations. This paper summarizes the discussion paper submissions OMSSA received and offers several recommendations.
| Download the Report | Letter to the Province |
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