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| Preamble |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Subject Index |
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| 1. Applying for Income Support |
1.1 - Applications
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| 1.2 - Disability Adjudication Process |
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| 1.3 - Rapid Reinstatement |
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| 1.4 - Date of Grant |
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| 2. Eligibility Requirements: Who Is Eligible |
| 2.1 - Dependent Adults |
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| 2.2 - Dependent Children |
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| 2.3 - Spouse |
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| Eligibility When You Are: |
| 2.4 - Absent from Ontario |
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| 2.5 - Tourists, Immigrants, Refugees and Deportees |
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| 2.6 - Incarceration |
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| 2.7 - People Involved in Labour Disputes |
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| 2.8 - Participation Requirements for Non-Disabled Adult Dependents |
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| 3. Documentation Requirements Section |
3.1 - Consolidated Verification Information Requirements
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| 3.2 - Statutory Declarations |
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| 4. Assets |
| 4.1- Definition and Treatment of Assets |
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| 4.2 - Real Property |
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| 4.3 - Liens |
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| 4.4 - Transfer of Assets, Inadequate Consideration |
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| 4.5 - Motor Vehicles |
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| 4.6 - Compensation Awards |
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| 4.7 - Funds Held in Trust |
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| 4.8 - Life Insurance Policies |
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| 4.9 - Pre-paid Funerals |
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| 4.10 - Registered disability savings plans |
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| 5. Income |
5.1 - Definition and Treatment of Income
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| 5.2 - Assignment of Retroactive Income |
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| 5.3 - Deductions from Employment and Training Income |
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| 5.4 - Self Employment Income |
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| 5.5 - Child Care Deductions |
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| 5.6 - Private Home Day Care Provider |
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| 5.7 - Farm Income |
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| 5.8 - Gifts and Voluntary Payments |
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| 5.9 - Disability Related Items and Services |
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5.10 - Loans
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| 5.11 - Post-Secondary Education |
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| 5.12 - Mortgage Receivable |
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| 5.13 - Adoption Subsidy |
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| 5.14 - Treatment of Canada Child Tax Benefit |
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| 5.15 - Spousal and Child Support |
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| 5.16 - Income Support Protected from Seizure or Garnishment |
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| 5.17 - Subrogation |
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| 5.18 - Exemption of earnings of post-secondary students |
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| 6. Calculation of Income Support |
| 6.1 - Basic Needs Calculation |
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| 6.2 - Shelter Calculation |
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| 6.3 - Board and Lodge |
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| 6.4 - Special Diet Allowance |
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| 6.5 - Pregnancy/Breast-feeding Nutritional Allowance |
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| 7. Extension of Income Support |
| 7.1 - Extension of Income Support |
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| 7.2 - Death of a Recipient |
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| 8. Recipients in Institutional Settings |
8.1 - Budgetary Requirements for Recipients in Institutions
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8.2 - Budgetary Requirements for Recipients, Dependants Temporarily in a Hospital, Psychiatric Facility, or Substance Abuse Recovery Home
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8.3 - Special Items for Residents in Chronic Care
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| 8.4 - Travel and Transportation Allowances for Recipients in Charitable Institutions |
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| 8.5 - Budgetary Requirements for Applicants/Recipients Residing in Interval or Transition Homes |
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| 9. Benefits |
9.1 - Employment and Training Start Up Benefit and up Front Child Care Costs
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| 9.2 - Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit |
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| 9.3 - Heating Costs |
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| 9.4 - Home Repairs |
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| 9.5 - Utilities |
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| 9.6 - Assistive Devices |
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| 9.7 - Dental Benefits |
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| 9.8 - Drug Benefits |
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| 9.9 - Guide Dog |
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| 9.10 - Extended Health Benefit |
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| 9.11 - Hearing Aids |
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| 9.12 - Mandatory Special Necessities |
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| 9.13 - Mobility Devices Batteries and Repairs |
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| 9.14 - Vision Care Benefits |
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| 9.15 - Back-to-School and Winter Clothing Allowance |
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| 9.16 - Discretionary Benefit For Low-Cost Energy-Conservation Measures |
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| 9.17 - Employment Transition Benefit |
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| 9.18 - Work-Related Benefit |
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| 9.19 - Transitional Health Benefit |
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| 9.20 - Transitional Child Benefit |
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| 10. Trustees and Persons Pay Direct |
| 10.1 - Pay Direct |
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| 10.2 - Trustees |
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| 11. Recovery Of Funds |
11.1 - Recovery of Overpayments
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11.2 - Overpayments Due to Excess Assets
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11.3 - Spouse's Overpayment
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| 11.4 - Portability of Overpayment |
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| 12. Fraud And Information Sharing |
| 12.1 - Controlling Fraud |
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| 12.2 - Information Sharing Authority |
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| 13. Internal Reviews And Appeals |
13.1 - Notice of Decision and Internal Review Process
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13.2 - Appeals
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| 13.3 - Recovery of Interim Assistance |
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