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Economic and Community Development Committee · 2019-12-04 · 2019.EC10.4

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Extending Purchase Order Number 6041569 for the Longitudinal Study on the Impacts of Child Care Fee Subsidies

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2019-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on December 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Children's Services to extend Purchase Order 6041569 with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto for an additional two-year term, ending December 31, 2021, to enhance and quantify the evidence base supporting the impacts on child care fee subsidies on children, families, financial partners and the greater economy.

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This report seeks approval to extend a partnership to conduct longitudinal research that will contribute to the body of knowledge surrounding the impact of affordable child care on child and family outcomes. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has partnered with Toronto Children's Services to conduct research that will demonstrate how child care fee subsidy impacts child cognitive, language and school readiness outcomes as well as parental behaviours and responsivity.

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The research project requires an extension of the original five-year partnership, which started in 2014, for successful completion.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Children's Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Children's Services to extend purchase order number 6041569 with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto for an additional two-year term, ending December 31, 2021, to enhance and quantify the evidence base supporting the impacts on child care fee subsidies on children, families, financial partners and the greater economy.

Considered

  • 2019-12-04 · Economic and Community Development Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Children's Services to extend purchase order number 6041569 with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto for an additional two-year term, ending December 31, 2021, to enhance and quantify the evidence base supporting the impacts on child care fee subsidies on children, families, financial partners and the greater economy.

  • 2019-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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