Item - 2026.HL33.2

The Board of Health recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the 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 ($7.106 million) and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success ($24.063 million) for the purpose of administering the 2026 approved operating municipal funding (totalling $31.170 million) to eligible Toronto student nutrition programs on terms satisfactory to the Medical Officer of Health and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The Board of Health:

1. Requested the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with Social Development, to work with Toronto Foundation for Student Success, Angel Foundation for Learning and school board partners to gather feedback on the municipal expansion of student nutrition programs and where possible overlay with socioeconomic data and report findings to the Board of Health in Q4 2027.

Student nutrition programs are community-based meal and snack programs offered primarily in school settings and run locally by volunteers, parents, and students. These programs provide children and youth access to nutritious food during the school day, including those at risk for poor nutritional intake.

In collaboration with partners, Toronto Public Health is executing on Council's vision and strategy to achieve a universal student nutrition program.

This report makes recommendations for the 2026 Student Nutrition Program service subsidy allocations that once implemented, would achieve the City's goal of having a universal morning meal program across all public school communities by the 2026-2027 school year.

The proposed combined allocations to the Angel Foundation for Learning and the Toronto Foundation for Student Success are for the purposes of administering the 2026 approved municipal funding to eligible student nutrition programs across the City of Toronto. These allocations total $31.170 million, which includes $0.518 million held in reserve for remaining Phase 4 applications not submitted to date, fall applications, and appeals