Item - 2025.HL24.2

The Acting Medical Officer of Health recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Acting Medical Officer of Health to enter into agreements and other suitable arrangements, on behalf of the City of Toronto, for the transfer of funds to the Angel Foundation for Learning ($5,508,378) and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success ($25,512,201) for the purpose of administering the 2025 approved municipal funding (totalling $31,020,579) to eligible Toronto student nutrition programs on terms satisfactory to the Acting Medical Officer of Health and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. The Board of Health forward this report to the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, le Conseil scolaire Viamonde, le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, the Toronto Foundation for Student Success, and the Angel Foundation for Learning.

This report makes recommendations for the 2025 Student Nutrition Program service subsidy allocations. The proposed combined allocations to the Angel Foundation for Learning and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success are for the purpose of administering the 2025 approved municipal funding to eligible student nutrition programs across the City of Toronto. These allocations total $31,020,579, which includes $1,448,575 held in reserve for fall applications and appeals, including equipment and start-up supplies for new programs submitting fall applications.

Funding of $26,020,579 is included in the 2025 Approved Operating Budget of Toronto Public Health for student nutrition programs. Additional one-time funding of $5.0 million is currently included in the 2025 Approved Operating Budget of the City Manager's Office to support program expansion and to enhance existing municipally funded student nutrition programs. Toronto Public Health will request to receive the funds from the City Manager's Office through the Operating Variance Report at Four Months End for program implementation.

This report recommends an allocation of $31,020,579[1]: $5,508,378 to the Angel Foundation for Learning (AFL) and $25,512,201 to the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS), which includes all funds held in reserve as outlined in Tables 1, 2, and 3. The proposed combined allocations are for the purpose of administering the 2025 approved municipal funding to eligible student nutrition programs in Toronto.

The agreement with Angel Foundation for Learning and Toronto Foundation for Student Success will include requirements that each foundation provide the City with consolidated financial reports detailing their administration of municipal funds to student nutrition programs, with associated performance measures, and annual audited financial statements. All student nutrition programs approved for funding will receive municipal funding in three instalments from their respective foundation. They must meet program requirements, including financial reporting to their respective foundation, to receive subsequent instalment cheques. Both foundations consistently meet all their contractual requirements.

The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer has reviewed this report and agrees with the information as presented in the Financial Impact Section.

[1] Excludes $30,000 administered by Toronto Public Health to support the eligibility assessment process for the Independent Schools Stream.