April 1 Continued — The obvious unanswered question about Childhood Budgets, plus a few more

A follow-up to this morning’s update. Consider the following boy:

• Born May 2015
• Went on the old OAP waiting list at his regional provider in March 2017 (just before his 2nd birthday)
• New OAP starts April 2019 (just before his 4th birthday)
• He gets “accepted” into the new OAP in September 2020 (when he is around 5 years and 4 months old).

How much will he receive in his “Childhood Budget”? This shouldn’t be a hard question — it should be exactly the kind of question addressed on a government website.

Also:

• How will his file transfer over from the old wait list to the new one?
• Who do his parents contact to find out the child’s spot on the current waiting list?
• What services will this child be able to access?
• How will the Childhood Budget be augmented to address his needs?
• Will there even be any services to access in his area, given layoffs and no program to ensure support in rural/remote/Northern areas or for Franco-Ontarians?
• If the wait list is being “eliminated”, why did this child have to wait 3.5 years for services, most of that time under the current government?
• Why can’t we get any answers?
• Have I mentioned this program has already started?