Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan (2025-2029) - CCEY Providers
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This Service System Plan is the road map for the next five years that guides the planning and delivery of local early learning and child care services, ensuring programs are responsive to the needs of children 0 to 12 years old and their families. It establishes a shared vision, a five-year strategy statement, eight guiding principles, eight strategic priorities, and 55 actions (with outcomes).
The Service System Plan aims to:
simplify access for children and families,
reduce barriers and systemic inequities, and
create opportunities for meaningful reconciliation, all in support of strengthening the early learning and child care sector.
It also lays the groundwork for a strong future, as child care and early learning initiatives continue to evolve and align with the on-going implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system.
The development of the Children’s Services Service System Plan is aligned with the City of Ottawa Strategic plan (2023-2026) and directly supports the strategic objective to "Simplify access to social services to support those in need, including housing, employment and child-care services."
This Service System Plan is the road map for the next five years that guides the planning and delivery of local early learning and child care services, ensuring programs are responsive to the needs of children 0 to 12 years old and their families. It establishes a shared vision, a five-year strategy statement, eight guiding principles, eight strategic priorities, and 55 actions (with outcomes).
The Service System Plan aims to:
simplify access for children and families,
reduce barriers and systemic inequities, and
create opportunities for meaningful reconciliation, all in support of strengthening the early learning and child care sector.
It also lays the groundwork for a strong future, as child care and early learning initiatives continue to evolve and align with the on-going implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system.
The development of the Children’s Services Service System Plan is aligned with the City of Ottawa Strategic plan (2023-2026) and directly supports the strategic objective to "Simplify access to social services to support those in need, including housing, employment and child-care services."
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As Children’s Services works to update the Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan, it is important that we hear from providers. Feedback will help identify community priorities, strengths, challenges or gaps, and areas for action.
Your feedback will also help ensure we are setting appropriate priorities for the next five years. The survey can be accessed and completed using the link below. The survey will be open until April 10th, 2024.
We are committed to ensuring that all participants can access and complete this survey. If you require accommodations, please email childrensservices@ottawa.ca by adding “Caregiver Child Care and Early Years Survey - accommodations” to your subject line.
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Environmental scan
Complete an environmental scan and gather relevant data from the early years and child care sector for analysis.
Fall 2023 – Winter 2024
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Resident and Community Engagement
Engage with families, child care and early years service providers, as well as community organizations through surveys, focus groups, and interviews to identify potential priorities and actions.
Winter 2024 – Spring 2024
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Data Analysis & Drafting the Service System Plan
Analyze and report back what we heard through engagement opportunities.
Draft strategic priorities and actions for the 2025-2029 Service System Plan for further consultation.
Spring – Summer 2024
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Engagement to finalize a draft Service System Plan
Engagement with the child care and early years communities to validate the draft Service System Plan and collaborate to determine annual actions.
Fall 2024
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Approval of the Service System Plan (2024-2028)
Seek approval of the Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan (2025-2029) by City Council.
April 30, 2025
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Approval by City Council
Service System Plan 2025-2029: What We Heard Reports
