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Ottawa residents will be able to find community and social services they need easier now that Ontario 211 is being expanded into the city.

211 Is a free, confidential hotline where a referral specialist will connect you to a whole range of municipal, community and provincial services in over 150 languages. People just dial 2-1-1 or go online at www.211ontario.ca.

Over the next four years, the Ontario government will be investing more than $13 million to roll out 211 services to all communities across the province.

Ontario Community and Social Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur says it's an important investment:

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"By investing with our community partners, with the municipalities, and partners like United Way, we will be able to render that service that is so much needed in the community."

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Currently 50 per cent of Ontarians have access to the service, which will be available province wide by 2011.