{"id":46973,"date":"2012-04-07T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T19:18:20","slug":"social-assistance-programs-3","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/social-assistance-programs-3","title":{"rendered":"Social assistance programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your income is low and you live in Ontario, you may be able to get financial help from one of these social assistance programs:<\/p>\n<h3>Ontario Works (OW)<\/h3>\n<p>Some people call this program welfare. OW is run by municipal or local governments, for example, towns, cities, counties, districts, or regions, and by First Nations.<\/p>\n<h3>The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)<\/h3>\n<p>Some people call this program disability benefits. ODSP is for people with serious health problems. It is run by the Ontario government\u2019s Ministry of Community and Social Services.<\/p>\n<p>Both OW and ODSP give people money to help pay for living expenses, like housing and food.<\/p>\n<p>They also help pay for some prescription drugs and may help pay for some dental services. And some people can get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>extra money to help pay for a special diet<\/li>\n<li>other benefits, such as costs for travelling to medical appointments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This kind of help to pay for things you need is called financial assistance or income support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46973","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Social assistance programs - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/social-assistance-programs-3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social assistance programs - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If your income is low and you live in Ontario, you may be able to get financial help from one of these social assistance programs: Ontario Works (OW) Some people call this program welfare. 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