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| Section 1 |
| 1.1 Overview of Ontario Works |
1.1 - Word |
1.1- PDF |
| Section 2 |
| 2.1 Application Process |
2.1 - Word |
2.1 - PDF |
| 2.2 Reapplications and Reinstatements |
2.2 - Word |
2.2 - PDF |
| 2.3 Emergency Assistance |
2.3 - Word |
2.3 - PDF |
| 2.4 Referral to the Ontario Disability Support Program |
2.4 - Word |
2.4 - PDF |
| 2.5 Participation Requirements |
2.5 - Word |
2.5 - PDF |
| 2.6 Employment Information Session |
2.6 - Word |
2.6 - PDF |
| 2.7 Emergency Hostel Services |
2.7 - Word |
2.7 - PDF |
| 2.8 Home Visits |
2.8 - Word |
2.8 - PDF |
| Section 3 |
| 3.1 Residency Requirements |
3.1 - Word |
3.1 - PDF |
| 3.2 Residential Arrangements |
3.2 - Word |
3.2 - PDF |
| 3.3 Co-Residency |
3.3 - Word |
3.3 - PDF |
| 3.4 Living with Parents |
3.4 - Word |
3.4 - PDF |
| 3.5 Applicants and Participants under 18 |
3.5 - Word |
3.5 - PDF |
| 3.6 Trusteeship |
3.6 - Word |
3.6 - PDF |
| 3.7 Pay Direct |
3.7 - Word |
3.7 - PDF |
| 3.8 Post Secondary Students |
3.8 - Word |
3.8 - PDF |
| 3.9 Dependent Children |
3.9 - Word |
3.9 - PDF |
| 3.10 Temporary Care Assistance |
3.10 - Word |
3.10 - PDF |
| 3.11 Sponsored Immigrants |
3.11 - Word |
3.11 - PDF |
| 3.12 Labour Disputes |
3.12 - Word |
3.12 - PDF |
| Section 4 |
| 4.1 Summary of Assets |
4.1 - Word |
4.1 - PDF |
| 4.2 Asset Limits |
4.2 - Word |
4.2 - PDF |
| 4.3 Real Property |
4.3 - Word |
4.3 - PDF |
| 4.4 Business Assets |
4.4 - Word |
4.4 - PDF |
| 4.5 Motor Vehicles |
4.5 - Word |
4.5 - PDF |
| 4.6 Settlement Agreements and Other Awards |
4.6 - Word |
4.6 - PDF |
| 4.7 Pensions, RRSPs and RESPs |
4.7 - Word |
4.7 - PDF |
| 4.8 Life Insurance Policies |
4.8 - Word |
4.8 - PDF |
| 4.9 Prepaid Funerals |
4.9 - Word |
4.9 - PDF |
| 4.10 Funds Held in Trust |
4.10 - Word |
4.10 - PDF |
| 4.11 Assignment and Transfer of Assets |
4.11 - Word |
4.11 - PDF |
| Section 5 |
| 5.1 Income and Exemptions |
5.1 - Word |
5.1 - PDF |
| 5.2 Assignments |
5.2 - Word |
5.2 - PDF |
| 5.3 Earnings Exemptions |
5.3 - Word |
5.3 - PDF |
| 5.4 Child Care Deductions |
5.4 - Word |
5.4 - PDF |
| 5.5 Family Support |
5.5 - Word |
5.5 - PDF |
| 5.6 Federal and Provincial Benefits for Families with Children |
5.6 - Word |
5.6 - PDF |
| 5.7 Casual Gifts and Payments |
5.7 - Word |
5.7 - PDF |
| 5.8 Interest and Dividends |
5.8 - Word |
5.8 - PDF |
| 5.9 Loans |
5.9 - Word |
5.9 - PDF |
| 5.10 Subrogation |
5.10 - Word |
5.10 - PDF |
| 5.11 Farm Income |
5.11 - Word |
5.11 - PDF |
| 5.12 Private Child Care Income |
5.12 - Word |
5.12 - PDF |
| 5.13 Self Employment Income |
5.13 - Word |
5.13 - PDF |
| Section 6 |
| 6.1 Calculating Assistance |
6.1 - Word |
6.1 - PDF |
| 6.2 Basic Needs |
6.2 - Word |
6.2 - PDF |
| 6.3 Shelter |
6.3 - Word |
6.3 - PDF |
| 6.4 Board and Lodging |
6.4 - Word |
6.4 - PDF |
| 6.5 Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding Nutritional Allowance |
6.5 - Word |
6.5 - PDF |
| 6.6 Special Diet Allowance |
6.6 - Word |
6.6 - PDF |
| 6.7 Persons in Nursing Homes |
6.7 - Word |
6.7 - PDF |
| 6.8 Persons in Interval and Transition Homes |
6.8 - Word |
6.8 - PDF |
| 6.9 Persons in a Hospital |
6.9 - Word |
6.9 - PDF |
| 6.10 Persons in Residential Programs for the Treatment of Substance Abuse |
6.10 - Word |
6.10 - PDF |
| 6.11 Persons in Domiciliary Hostels |
6.11 - Word |
6.11 - PDF |
| 6.12 Persons Detained in Custody |
6.12 - Word |
6.12 - PDF |
| 6.13 Calculating Reduced Assistance |
6.13 - Word |
6.13 - PDF |
| 6.14 Recovery of Transition Child Benefit |
6.14 - Word |
6.14 - PDF |
| 6.15 Protection from Seizure or Garnishment |
6.15 - Word |
6.15 - PDF |
| Section 7 |
| 7.1 Summary of Benefits |
7.1 - Word |
7.1 - PDF |
| 7.2 Health Benefits |
7.2 - Word |
7.2 - PDF |
| 7.3 Extended Health Benefits |
7.3 - Word |
7.3 - PDF |
| 7.4 Employment and Participation Benefits |
7.4 - Word |
7.4 - PDF |
| 7.5 Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit |
7.5 - Word |
7.5 - PDF |
| 7.6 Housing-Related Benefits |
7.6 - Word |
7.6 - PDF |
| 7.7 Transition Child Benefit |
7.7 - Word |
7.7 - PDF |
| 7.8 Other Benefits |
7.8 - Word |
7.8 - PDF |
| 7.9 Assistive Devices |
7.9 - Word |
7.9 - PDF |
| Section 8 |
| 8.1 Early Employment Supports |
8.1 - Word |
8.1 - PDF |
| 8.2 Learning, Earning and Parenting (LEAP) |
8.2 - Word |
8.2 - PDF |
| 8.3 Literacy Screening, Assessment and Training |
8.3 - Word |
8.3 - PDF |
| 8.4 Addiction Services Initiative (ASI) |
8.4 - Word |
8.4 - PDF |
| 8.5 Employment Placements |
8.5 - Word |
8.5 - PDF |
| 8.6 Supports to Self Employment |
8.6 - Word |
8.6 - PDF |
| 8.7 Community Placements |
8.7 - Word |
8.7 - PDF |
| 8.8. Child Care Supports |
8.8 - Word |
8.8 - PDF |
| Section 9 |
| 9.1 Reviewing Eligibility |
9.1 - Word |
9.1 - PDF |
| 9.2 Absence from Ontario |
9.2 - Word |
9.2 - PDF |
| 9.3 Recovery of Overpayments |
9.3 - Word |
9.3 - PDF |
| 9.4 Overpayments Due to Excess Assets |
9.4 - Word |
9.4 - PDF |
| 9.5 Sharing of Overpayments Between Spouses |
9.5 - Word |
9.5 - PDF |
| 9.6 Overpayment Transfer |
9.6 - Word |
9.6 - PDF |
| 9.7 Controlling Fraud |
9.7 - Word |
9.7 - PDF |
| Section 10 |
| 10.1 Notice and Internal Review Process |
10.1 - Word |
10.1 - PDF |
| 10.2 Appeal Process |
10.2 - Word |
10.2 - PDF |
| 10.3 Recovery of Interim Assistance |
10.3 - Word |
10.3 - PDF |
| Section 11 |
| 11.1 Delivery Standards |
11.1 - Word |
11.1 - PDF |
| 11.2 Delegations of Authority |
11.2 - Word |
11.2 - PDF |
| 11.3 Cost Sharing |
11.3 - Word |
11.3 - PDF |
| 11.4 Statutory Declarations and Affidavits |
11.4 - Word |
11.4 - PDF |
| 11.5 Information Sharing |
11.5 - Word |
11.5 - PDF |