What is it and how can it help you?
Ontario has two social assistance programs to help eligible residents of Ontario who are in financial need.
Ontario Disability Support Program helps people with disabilities. It has two parts:
- financial help — this is called Income Support
- help finding a job — this is called Employment Supports.
Ontario Works helps people who are in temporary financial need.
About Ontario Disability Support Program — Income Support
About Ontario Disability Support Program — Employment Supports
About Ontario Works
Other news and information
Starting January 30, 2012, the Special Diet Allowance Program includes people who have lost significant weight because of the following medical conditions:
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Huntington Disease
- Parkinson Disease
See:
- updated list of eligible medical conditions.
- January 31, 2012 bulletin
In video
See how Ontario's social assistance programs help people.
About the Ontario Disability Support Program
