Update regarding access to UCPR offices and services
L’Orignal,
March 17, 2020, 12 p.m. – The United Counties of Prescott and Russell
(UCPR) wishes to advise that access to its offices and services
continues to be very restricted for health and safety reasons related to
the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Effective as of today at noon,
most employees working in the UCPR’s offices have been requested to work
from home, until further notice. As a result, clients and visitors are
also being asked not to present themselves on the premises.
Please note the updates regarding the following services:
Closure of home-based daycares
- The
Prescott and Russell Licensed Home Child Care Agency will close the
home-based daycares, effective at the end of the day on Tuesday, March
17, 2020;
- Home-based daycares will remain closed from March
18 until April 5, inclusively, as per the recommendation from the
Ministry of Health.
- Clients will not be billed for these days and these closures come without any cost to parents.
EarlyON Child and Family Centres
- The EarlyON Centre in Rockland is closed as of Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
- All programs offered in the community by the EarlyON Child and Family Centres are cancelled for an undetermined period of time.
Administrative building (L’Orignal)
- The
UCPR Administrative building remains closed for the majority of
services, except for emergency cases regarding Ontario Works and Housing
Services.
Ontario Works
- The Ontario Works office in Rockland is closed.
Prescott and Russell Residence
- Access
to the Prescott and Russell Residence, the long-term care home located
in Hawkesbury, remains limited to essential visitors until further
notice.
Provincial Offences Office
- All
Provincial Offences Act matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020,
through to and including Friday, April 3, 2020, will be adjourned and
rescheduled to a later date.
- If you have a matter scheduled
during this time, you do not need to attend court, as per the notice of
the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Order of the Chief Justice
of the Ontario Court of Justice.
- For any further questions, please contact the Provincial Offences Office at 613-675-4661 or 1-800-667-6307, extension 2700.
Online Secured Payments
Other
messages will follow as updates become available. The UCPR would like
to thank the public for its understanding and collaboration during this
time.