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The Income Security Advocacy Centre works with and on behalf of low income communities in Ontario to address issues of income security and poverty.

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WHAT'S NEW

• Our new Social Assistance Review website is now online! It's the comprehensive source for Review issues, stories, resources, analysis, and news. Check this link for more!

• As the OCB rises to $92 per child per month as of July 2009, OW and ODSP for people with children is being further restructured. Click here for more information.

• The newest issue of ISAC UPDATE is out! Get the latest news on the whole variety of income security issues that ISAC is working on. Click here for the June 2009 edition of ISAC UPDATE.

• Time for a Bold Review! ISAC is hosting a Public Forum on June 23 to call for a bold and broad Social Assistance Review. Click here for more information about the event, and why we need to press government on this issue!

• On May 6, the Ontario Legislature unanimously passed Bill 152: The Poverty Reduction Act. Click here to read about this important legislation, and the work of community activists to improve it.

• ISAC and Campaign 2000 report shares low-income people's ideas for ending poverty. The report is available here.

Quick Links

• ISAC has been very involved in the work to advocate for a Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario, and in helping communities voice their needs and expectations for poverty reduction. Click here to read more about poverty reduction in Ontario.

• ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 have initiated the Ending Poverty Project to work with low-income people in nine communities across Ontario. Get more information about the Ending Poverty Project here.

• In July 2008, the Ontario Child Benefit started being paid monthly. The OCB goes to all eligible low-income families with children between the ages of 0-18, whether they are working or receiving social assistance. Click here to read more about the Ontario Child Benefit.

• Click here for current OW and ODSP rates (this link will open as a Word document). And click on Resources for more fact sheets and other important sources of information.

This site also features materials from CLEONet, an online clearinghouse for legal resources, news, and events produced by community organizations and legal clinics across Ontario.