Table of Contents

Determining Eligibility

1. Applying for Income Support

Applications .................................................................................................................... 1.1
Disability Adjudication Process............................................................................................. 1.2
Rapid Reinstatement.......................................................................................................... 1.3
Date of Grant....................................................................................................................1.4

2. Eligibility Requirements: Who Is Eligible

Who is Eligible: Dependent Adults........................................................................................ 2.1
Who is Eligible: Dependent Children...................................................................................... 2.2
Who is Eligible: Spouse...................................................................................................... 2.3

Eligibility When You Are:

Absent from Ontario.......................................................................................................... 2.4
Tourists, Immigrants, Refugees and Deportees........................................................................ 2.5
Incarceration.................................................................................................................... 2.6
People Involved in Labour Disputes........................................................................................ 2.7
Participation Requirements for Non-Disabled Adult Dependents.................................................... 2.8
Medical Reviews..............................................................................................................2.9

3. Documentation Requirements Section

Consolidated Verification Information Requirements.................................................................. 3.1
Statutory Declarations........................................................................................................ 3.2

4. Assets

Definition and Treatment of Assets....................................................................................... 4.1
Real Property.................................................................................................................... 4.2
Transfer of Assets for Inadequate Consideration...................................................................... 4.4
Motor Vehicles.................................................................................................................. 4.5
Compensation Awards........................................................................................................ 4.6
Funds Held in Trust............................................................................................................ 4.7
Life Insurance Policies........................................................................................................ 4.8
Pre-Paid Funerals.............................................................................................................. 4.9

5. Income

Definition and Treatment of Income...................................................................................... 5.1
Assignment of Retroactive Income........................................................................................ 5.2
Deductions from Employment and Training Income................................................................... 5.3
Treatment of Self-Employment Income.................................................................................. 5.4
Child Care Deductions........................................................................................................ 5.5
Private Home Day Care Providers......................................................................................... 5.6
Farm Income.................................................................................................................... 5.7
Gifts and Voluntary Payments.............................................................................................. 5.8
Disability Related Items and Services.................................................................................... 5.9
Loans............................................................................................................................ 5.10
Post-Secondary Education................................................................................................ 5.11
Mortgage Receivable........................................................................................................ 5.12
Adoption Subsidy............................................................................................................ 5.13
Spousal and Child Support ................................................................................................. 5.15
Income Support Protected from Seizure or Garnishment........................................................... 5.16
Subrogation.................................................................................................................... 5.17

6. Calculation of Income Support

Basic Needs Calculation....................................................................................................... 6.1
Shelter Calculation............................................................................................................. 6.2
Board and Lodge................................................................................................................ 6.3
Special Diet Allowance........................................................................................................ 6.4
Pregnancy/Breast-feeding Nutritional Allowance....................................................................... 6.5

7. Extension of Income Support

Extension of Income Support............................................................................................... 7.1
Death of a Recipient.......................................................................................................... 7.2

8. Recipients in Institutional Settings

Budgetary Requirements for Recipients Who Reside in Institutions............................................... 8.1
Budgetary Requirements for Recipients/Dependants Temporarily in a Hospital, Psychiatric Facility, or Substance Abuse Recovery Home......................................................................................... 8.2
Special Items and Services for Recipients in Chronic Care Institutions.......................................... 8.3
Travel and Transportation Allowances for Recipients in
Charitable Institutions........................................................................................................ 8.4
Budgetary Requirements for Applicants/Recipients Residing in Interval or
Transition Homes............................................................................................................... 8.5

9. Benefits

Employment and Training Start Up Benefit (ESUB) and Upfront Child Care Costs............................. 9.1
Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit ........................................................................ 9.2
Heating Costs................................................................................................................... 9.3
Home Repairs.................................................................................................................... 9.4
Utilities............................................................................................................................ 9.5
Assistive Devices .............................................................................................................. 9.6
Dental Benefits.................................................................................................................. 9.7
Drug Benefits.................................................................................................................... 9.8
Guide Dog Benefit.............................................................................................................. 9.9
Extended Health Benefit.................................................................................................... 9.10
Hearing Aids.................................................................................................................... 9.11
Mandatory Special Necessities............................................................................................ 9.12
Mobility Devices Batteries and Repairs ................................................................................. 9.13
Vision Care Benefits.......................................................................................................... 9.14
Discretionary Benefit for Low-Cost Energy-Conservation Measures............................................. 9.16
Employment Transition Benefit............................................................................................ 9.17
Work-Related Benefit........................................................................................................ 9.18
Transitional Health Benefit................................................................................................. 9.19
Transition Child Benefit......................................................................................................9.20

10. Trustees and Pay Direct

Pay Direct..................................................................................................................... 10.1
Trustees....................................................................................................................... 10.2

11. Recovery Of Funds

Recovery of Overpayments............................................................................................... 11.1
Overpayments Due to Excess Assets................................................................................... 11.2
Spouse's Overpayment..................................................................................................... 11.3
Overpayment Portability.................................................................................................... 11.4

12. Fraud And Information Sharing

Controlling Fraud............................................................................................................. 12.1
Information Sharing Authority............................................................................................. 12.2

 

13. Internal Reviews And Appeals

Notice of Decision and Internal Review Process..................................................................... 13.1
Appeals......................................................................................................................... 13.2
Recovery of Interim Assistance.......................................................................................... 13.3

November 2011