{"id":45359,"date":"2012-03-06T06:49:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-11T14:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:36:09","slug":"apir","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/apir","title":{"rendered":"Appealing a decision about social assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"box\">\n<h2>Is this resource for you?<\/h2>\n<p>Read this to learn what you can do if you disagree with a decision about assistance from Ontario Works (OW) or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). This can include a decision to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>refuse to give you financial assistance<\/li>\n<li>reduce the amount of assistance you get<\/li>\n<li>cut off your assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may be able to appeal to the Social Benefits Tribunal. But first you must ask the office that made the decision to review its decision.<\/p>\n<h2>Other resources that may help you<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/need-wel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Need welfare? How to apply to Ontario Works<\/a> explains how to apply to OW, which is for people who need money because they do not have a job or do not make enough money at work<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/disabben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disability benefits: Who can get them and how to apply<\/a> explains how to apply for assistance from ODSP, which is for people with serious health problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>If you speak French<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ask a lawyer or a community legal clinic about your language rights. You may have the right to get government services related to Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) in French.<\/p>\n<p>If you are appealing a decision about your right to social assistance from OW or ODSP, this could mean that you have the right to a hearing before a French-speaking member of the Social Benefits Tribunal, as well as other French language services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Si vous parlez fran&ccedil;ais<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Communiquez avec un avocat ou une clinique juridique communautaire, et informez-vous de vos droits linguistiques. Vous pourriez avoir droit &agrave; ce que les services gouvernementaux reli&eacute;s &agrave; Ontario au travail (OT) et au Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes handicap&eacute;es (POSPH) vous soient fournis en fran&ccedil;ais.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous avez fait appel d&rsquo;une d&eacute;cision concernant votre droit &agrave; l&rsquo;aide sociale d&rsquo;OT ou du POSPH, vous pourriez avoir droit &agrave; une audience devant un membre du Tribunal de l&rsquo;aide sociale qui parle fran&ccedil;ais, de m&ecirc;me qu&rsquo;&agrave; d&rsquo;autres services en fran&ccedil;ais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49558,"template":"","class_list":["post-45359","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Appealing a decision about social assistance - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This resource describes the steps someone can take if they disagree with a decision about social assistance from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program. 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