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The Early Learning and Child Care Service System Plan: 2024-2028 is a collective effort, shaped by feedback from families, child care staff, and community partners. Your insights have been invaluable, and we thank you for your active participation in its development.
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The Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 (CCEYA) requires Service System Managers to establish a child care and early years programs and services plan (Service System Plan) for their service area that addresses matters of provincial interest under the Act.
As one of 47 Consolidated Municipal Service Managers (CMSM) and District Social Service Administration Boards (DSSABs) in Ontario, it is important for to us to engage with our community in planning, funding, and delivering local child care and early years programs and services.
Service system planning provides us with an opportunity to explore and gather in-depth knowledge about our community’s needs, analyze the impacts of programs and services in our community, identify progress and service gaps, and develop key directions in our journey together.
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