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Trapped Behind the Welfare Wall on Disability Assistance: Podcast Episode

September 30, 2021

Non-partisan, candid, and thought-provoking, the Daily Bread Food Bank’s The 2030 Project tackles some of the biggest and most social pressing issues facing Canada today, from universal basic income, to digital access, disability rights, the future of work, and more. The 2030 Project is an educational tool as well as a call to action for how people can …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Ontario Disability Support Program

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2021 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2021

September 17, 2021

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2021. As in past years, we have …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Ontario Child Benefit, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance Rates

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2020

October 22, 2020

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2020. As in past years, we have …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Ontario Child Benefit, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance Rates

Open Letter from 150 community organizations / Lettre ouverte de 150 organismes communautaires

April 7, 2020

Download this letter in PDF format. Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF. – Français ci-dessous – Income Security in the Time of COVID-19 Dear Minister Smith, We are an umbrella group of low-income Ontarians, health care providers, and other organizations. We call on you to ensure the most vulnerable members of our Province have meaningful …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Employment Insurance, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance Rates

Accessing Income Support in the wake of COVID-19 / L’accès au soutien du revenu en raison de la COVID-19 (Updated September 23, 2020)

March 26, 2020

This document lists several income support programs that may be available to Ontario residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is changing rapidly and we recommend that you check with the relevant government’s website for updated information. – La version française de ce document est disponible en téléchargement ici –   Introduction COVID-19 is a …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Public Education Tagged With: Canada Child Benefit, Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Canada Emergency Student Benefit, CERB, CESB, Employment Insurance, enews, ODSP, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance General, WSIB

Employment Services Transformation / Transformation des services d’emploi

February 25, 2020

** Français ci-dessous ** What the coming changes mean for Ontario’s social assistance recipients The Ontario government is changing how employment services are provided in the province. The most concerning aspect of the proposed changes is that organizations providing these services will be paid according to how many social assistance recipients they connect to jobs. These changes …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: enews, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance Reform

ISAC Joins Press Conference Calling on Ontario to Respect the Rights of People with Disabilities

December 11, 2019

On December 10, International Human Rights Day, ISAC participated in a press conference hosted by Defend Disability  at Queen’s Park, urging the Province to protect the right of people with disabilities to an adequate standard of living. Defend Disability, a coalition of people with lived experience of disability, legal clinics, health care providers, experts and …

Filed Under: Blog, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance Reform

ISAC Press Release: Response to the Auditor General’s Report on ODSP

December 9, 2019

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) cautions against relying on the Auditor General’s fundamentally flawed report on ODSP The report misunderstands the purpose of ODSP and relies on erroneous assumptions The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities who have no other means to pay for …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Press Release, Social Assistance Reform

ODSP expenditures have increased because the program is better meeting the needs of Ontarians with disabilities: ISAC responds to the Auditor General’s Report

December 6, 2019

On December 4, 2019, the Auditor General released an audit of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). ODSP is a critical program that provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities who have no other means to pay for their basic necessities such as food and shelter. The focus of the …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

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