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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 /…
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…
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…
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…