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Social Assistance

ODSP Employment Benefits Changing in 2015

Information on changes coming in 2015 Right now, people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) who are preparing to work or who are working have access to three employment benefits. Starting in April 2015,…

December 18, 2014
Public Education, Social Assistance

ODSP Medical Reviews – More Reviews Coming In 2015

Increase in reviews coming in 2015 If you get benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), you may get a notice that your disability status is being reviewed. These “medical reviews” have always been…

December 5, 2014
Medical Reviews, Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance

Update: Federal Government Moves Bill C-585 Into The Budget

We’ve been working hard this fall with our partners to oppose federal legislation that would restrict access to social assistance benefits for refugee claimants and others without status in Canada by allowing the provinces to…

November 7, 2014
Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, Refugee Law, Social Assistance

Bill C-585 Delayed But Not Yet Defeated

A federal Private Members Bill that will have serious implications for the income security of refugee claimants and others without permanent status in Canada has been delayed. Bill C585, introduced by backbench Conservative MP Corneliu…

September 24, 2014
Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, Refugee Law, Social Assistance

No Merger of OW and ODSP

Important Commitment on Social Assistance Reform Announced Today There was important news today about the future of social assistance reform in Ontario. Ted McMeekin, the Minister of Community and Social Services, said today that OW and…

April 3, 2014
Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance

Budget Changes to Social Assistance Began September 1

La version française suit. The 2013 Ontario budget included a number of changes to social assistance, most of which kicked in as of September 1, 2013. ISAC has prepared several fact sheets on these changes…

September 15, 2013
Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Child Support Payments to Parents of Adults on ODSP

This information is about situations where a person with a disability has a parent who is getting child support payments from the other parent. The person with a disability is an adult – that is,…

November 17, 2011
Public Education, Social Assistance

Bringing In Women’s Voices

Are you a woman in Ontario struggling to make ends meet? Are you a mother raising kids on your own? ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 have partnered on the “Bringing In Women’s Voices From the…

January 17, 2011
Community Organizing, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Social Assistance

FACT SHEET: ODSP Adjudication of Addictions

People with addictions to drugs and / or alcohol may now be eligible for benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program. Background: Until now, people who have disabling conditions caused only by drug and /…

August 15, 2009
Public Education, Social Assistance

Cuts Hurt Kids! Alert

Starting in 2008, the Back-to-school and Winter Clothing allowances provided through OW and ODSP will no longer be paid out in lump sum payments, as the provincial government starts to move benefits for children out…

August 1, 2008
Community Organizing, Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance

The Justice With Dignity Campaign

The Sudbury-based Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers has launched a province-wide campaign to bring an end to the province’s lifetime ban for welfare fraud and press for reforms to the social assistance system. Called Justice…

December 1, 2002
Community Organizing, Social Assistance

Review of Social Union Framework Agreement

In February 1999, the Prime Minister of Canada and provincial/territorial Premiers (excluding the Premier of Quebec) signed on to the Social Union Framework Agreement, an agreement intended to guide intergovernmental cooperation on social policy in…

November 1, 2002
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance
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This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.