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Municipal Support Services Branch
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Municipal Programs and Education Branch
Municipal Programs and Analytics Branch
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The Municipal Support Services Branch was created in 2000 when the Regional Operations Branch was abolished in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. It retained certain functions of the Regional Operations Branch, especially in the realm of disaster relief and grant program administration (through the Canada Ontario Infrastructure Works Unit and the Ice Storm Disaster Relief Unit.)
In 2003 the Branch was assigned an Education and Training Services group (drawn from members of the Planning Services group of the Provincial Planning and Environmental Services Branch) and was renamed the Municipal Programs and Education Branch until 2018 when it was re-named the Municipal Programs and Analytics Branch.
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The Municipal Support Services Branch assists Municipal Services Offices by developing tools and processes for effective service delivery, identifying best practices, acting as information broker, and designing education and training. It also administrates grant programs and disaster relief, and leads policy coordination.
The Branch also administers five types of transfer payment programs: infrastructure (Canada-Ontario Infrastructure Works), disaster relief (Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program), emergency assistance (Emergency Assistance Fund), restructuring (Municipal Restructuring Fund) as well as Payments in Lieu of Taxes, Tenant Taxes and Conservation Lands programs.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIC Index to Services (2000-2005)
Ontario Government Directories 1999-2021
Government of Ontario web site April 2010
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Smith, Levi, Persichitti