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…
The provincial government has asked for input into the upcoming 2019 provincial Budget. There are currently two pre-budget consultation processes that you can plug into: The Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is…
The Special Diet Allowance is available to Ontario Works and ODSP recipients who have medical conditions which require a therapeutic diet. Qualifying medical conditions are listed on a Schedule in the ODSP Regulations, with corresponding…
We’ve recently been hearing a number of misleading claims about the administration of the Special Diet Allowance program – such as the notion that doctors “just fill out the forms for people because benefit rates…
Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have: Hepatitis C; Prader Willi Syndrome; Unintended Weight Loss due to renal failure? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. Changes have recently been…
Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have “pre-diabetes”? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. ** La version francaise suit ci-dessous After losing a case at the Human Rights Tribunal…
On November 30, 2010, the Ontario government announced they decided to keep the Special Diet Allowance program instead of cancelling it. But, they said, they were going to make some changes to the program. If…
The Ontario government’s announcements today on the social assistance review and special diet allowance program are both welcome steps forward on the road to improved income security for Ontarians.
“This is the bold and broad review that we’ve been looking for, led by two credible commissioners who we have confidence will lead an independent and thoughtful review process,” says Mary Marrone, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services for the Income Security Advocacy Centre.
Toronto – Ontarians on social assistance have every right to be concerned about today’s provincial government decision to create a new “nutritional supplementation” program to replace the current Special Diet Program. “The government has given…