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A
	Absence From Ontario
	Abuse
	Access and Privacy/Routine Disclosure
	Advanced Age Item
	Appeals and Internal Review Process
	Application for Assistance
	Applying to Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
	Assets
	Assignments
B (back to top)
	Basic Financial Assistance
	Benefits, Mandatory and Discretionary
	Board and Lodging
C (back to top)
	Child Abuse
	Child Care Access
	Child Care Start Up Costs
	Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit
	Confidentiality
	Co-Residence
D (back to top)
	Dental Services
	Dependent Adult
	Dependent Child
	Determining Financial Eligibility
E (back to top)
	Early Retirement Benefits
	Emergency Energy Fund
	Extended Health Benefit
F (back to top)
	Funerals and Burials
	Fuel
G (back to top)
	Gifts, Loans and Donations
	Guide Dog Benefit
H (back to top)
	Home Visits
	Housing Stabilization Fund
I (back to top)
	Immigrants
	Incarceration/ Detained in Custody
	Income
L (back to top)
	Labour Disputes
	Liens
M (back to top)
	Medical Transportation
N (back to top)
	Newborn Child Allowance
O (back to top)
	Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Applying to...
	Ontario Works Applicant/ Participant
	Other Financial Resources, Pursuing
P (back to top)
	Patients In Hospital
	Pay Direct and Trusteeship
	Payment of Assistance
	Post-Secondary Institutions and Eligibility
Q (back to top)
	Quit/Fired
R (back to top)
	Residence
S (back to top)
	Shelter Fund
	Sixty to Sixty-Four Year Olds
	Sole Support Parent
	Special Diet
	Special Needs Items
T (back to top)
	Temporary Care Assistance
	Travel and Transportation for Medical Appointments
	Trusteeship and Pay Direct
U (back to top)
	Utilities

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To view provincial legislation that governs Employment and Social Services’ delivery of Ontario Works benefits please visit the Ministry of Community and Social Services Website.