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Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

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Press Release: Annual Social Assistance Rates Sheet Released, Too Little For ODSP Recipients and No Increase for OW Recipients

TORONTO, ON – Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients will see a slight increase to their July social assistance cheques due to an inflation-related increase to basic needs and maximum shelter allowances. The Income Security…

July 7, 2023
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Press Release, Social Assistance Rates
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ODSP and OW Rates and OCB as of July 2023

For the fifth year in a row, Ontario Works (OW) incomes remain stagnant and well below the official poverty line for every family type. The provincial government did not make any increases to OW benefit…

July 7, 2023
Government Benefits - General, Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance Rates

Ontario Budget 2023: Designed to Balance the Books on the Backs of Ontario’s Poorest During a Worsening Affordability Crisis

On Thursday, March 23, following Finance Minister Bethlenfalvy’s Speech from the Throne, the Provincial 2023-2024 Budget was introduced. Released shortly after the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget contained few provisions to support…

March 30, 2023
Employment Standards, Government Benefits - General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. On February 13, 2023, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, spoke at…

February 15, 2023
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

New Case: ODSP Treatment of the Federal “Incapacitated Child Benefit”

When a person living with disabilities receives Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support, they have a responsibility to pursue other government benefits that they may be eligible for. ODSP may withhold income support to…

February 1, 2023
Access to Justice, Government Benefits - General, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Assistance

New Case: Procedural Fairness For ODSP Clients during Requests for Information

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and the Grey Bruce Community Legal Clinic recently represented an ODSP recipient who required two caregivers to assist her with her day-to-day activities and literacy-based support. ODSP believed that one of these…

January 31, 2023
Access to Justice, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Benefits Tribunal

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, was invited to present to MPP…

January 27, 2023
Access to Justice, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights

New Case: Adjudicating Disability, ODSP, and CPP-D Prescribed Class

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic recently worked together to represent a former healthcare worker receiving Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits who desired to work sometime in the future (even in…

January 25, 2023
CPP-D, Government Benefits - General, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Benefits Tribunal

New temporary federal benefits for low income parents, renters, and on-reserve residents

The federal government is offering three temporary benefits for families and people living on low incomes. Canada Dental Benefit (temporary, one-time benefit, two eligibility periods) The Canada Dental Benefit is intended to support families whose…

December 19, 2022
Government Benefits - General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance
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2022 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review Analysis

On November 14, 2022, the Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy, presented the Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review. While the proposed changes for people who rely on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and can work…

November 28, 2022
Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

Impact of Proposed Changes to Earned Income Exemptions for ODSP – November 2022

On November 14, 2022, the Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review proposed changes to how earned income will be deducted from benefit cheques of people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) only. Note: These…

November 24, 2022
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Changes to benefits aimed at rising cost of living (CLEO re-post)

NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on November 4, 2022, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! Changes to benefits aimed…

November 10, 2022
Government Benefits - General, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Public Education, Special Diet Allowance, Workers' Rights
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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.