Toronto Public Health 2025 Operating Budget Submission

an increase in budget of $327.3 thousand to accept additional funds from the provincial government's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to support the delivery of the Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program; c. an increase of $886.3 thousand gross and $886.3 thousand net for inflationary cost of food increases and projected growth in student participation in the Student Nutrition Program; d. an increase of $1,621.7 thousand gross and $1,621.7 thousand net and 17.0 positions for salaries and benefits; e. a decrease of $406.2 thousand gross, $453.0 thousand net and 3.0 positions for 2025 administrative and technical adjustments; and f. a decrease of $68.0 thousand gross, $0.0 net for the Partnership for Healthy Cities one-time grant. 2. Requested the Medical Officer of Health to prioritize working towards increasing the municipal contribution of the Student Nutrition Program to 20 percent. 3. Reiterated its request in Item HL13.4, 2024 Student Nutrition Program Service Subsidies, that the Government of Canada expand the National School Food Program to urgently provide funding for a universal program which would provide nutritious meals for every school-aged child, and that the federal funding allocated for 2025 be brought forward so that the implementation of the school food program can begin in January 2025. 4. Requested the Province of Ontario to increase its grant funding investment to the Student Nutrition Program proportionally to match the increased City of Toronto investment and further request the Province of Ontario provide increased funding to address the inflationary cost of food. 5. Directed the Medical Officer of Health, in coordination with the City Manager, to engage the Government of Canada on the 2024 Federal Budget commitment of $79 million for 2024 and the $220 million for 2025 for student nutrition programs, which has not flowed, and negotiate with the Provincial and Federal Governments for Toronto's allocation of this funding. 6. Requested the Government of Ontario to protect community health, well-being and safety by continuing to fund, and permit the operation of, all currently operating Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites beyond March 31, 2025. 7. Requested the Government of Ontario to permit the co-location of Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs (HART Hubs) and Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services sites to provide for live-saving medical services, primary care, and increased pathways to treatment services. 8. Directed that this report be forwarded to the Budget Committee for consideration during the 2025 Budget process.