Ontario Works Policy Directives

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Ontario Works Policy Directives - 2008
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Section 1
1.1 Overview of Ontario Works	1.1	1.1
Section 2
2.1 Application Process	2.1	2.1
2.2 Reapplications and Reinstatements	2.2	2.2
2.3 Emergency Assistance	2.3	2.3
2.4 Referral to the Ontario Disability Support Program	2.4	2.4
2.5 Participation Requirements	2.5	2.5
2.6 Employment Information Session	2.6	2.6
2.7 Emergency Hostel Services	2.7	2.7
2.8 Home Visits	2.8	2.8
Section 3
3.1 Residency Requirements	3.1	3.1
3.2 Residential Arrangements	3.2	3.2
3.3 Co-Residency	3.3	3.3
3.4 Living with Parents	3.4	3.4
3.5 Applicants and Participants under 18	3.5	3.5
3.6 Trusteeship	3.6	3.6
3.7 Pay Direct	3.7	3.7
3.8 Post Secondary Students	3.8	3.8
3.9 Dependent Children	3.9	3.9
3.10 Temporary Care Assistance	3.10	3.10
3.11 Sponsored Immigrants	3.11	3.11
3.12 Labour Disputes	3.12	3.12
Section 4
4.1 Summary of Assets	4.1	4.1
4.2 Asset Limits	4.2	4.2
4.3 Real Property	4.3	4.3
4.4 Business Assets	4.4	4.4
4.5 Motor Vehicles	4.5	4.5
4.6 Settlement Agreements and Other Awards	4.6	4.6
4.7 Pensions, RRSPs and RESPs	4.7	4.7
4.8 Life Insurance Policies	4.8	4.8
4.9 Prepaid Funerals	4.9	4.9
4.10 Funds Held in Trust	4.10	4.10
4.11 Assignment and Transfer of Assets	4.11	4.11
Section 5
5.1 Income and Exemptions	5.1	5.1
5.2 Assignments	5.2	5.2
5.3 Earnings Exemptions	5.3	5.3
5.4 Child Care Deductions	5.4	5.4
5.5 Family Support	5.5	5.5
5.6 Federal and Provincial Benefits for Families with Children	5.6	5.6
5.7 Casual Gifts and Payments	5.7	5.7
5.8 Interest and Dividends	5.8	5.8
5.9 Loans	5.9	5.9
5.10 Subrogation	5.10	5.10
5.11 Farm Income	5.11	5.11
5.12 Private Child Care Income	5.12	5.12
5.13 Self Employment Income	5.13	5.13
Section 6
6.1 Calculating Assistance	6.1	6.1
6.2 Basic Needs	6.2	6.2
6.3 Shelter	6.3	6.3
6.4 Board and Lodging	6.4	6.4
6.5 Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding Nutritional Allowance	6.5	6.5
6.6 Special Diet Allowance	6.6	6.6
6.7 Persons in Nursing Homes	6.7	6.7
6.8 Persons in Interval and Transition Homes	6.8	6.8
6.9 Persons in a Hospital	6.9	6.9
6.10 Persons in Residential Programs for the Treatment of Substance Abuse	6.10	6.10
6.11 Persons in Domiciliary Hostels	6.11	6.11
6.12 Persons Detained in Custody	6.12	6.12
6.13 Calculating Reduced Assistance	6.13	6.13
6.14 Recovery of Transition Child Benefit	6.14	6.14
6.15 Protection from Seizure or Garnishment	6.15	6.15
Section 7
7.1 Summary of Benefits	7.1	7.1
7.2 Health Benefits	7.2	7.2
7.3 Extended Health Benefits	7.3	7.3
7.4 Employment and Participation Benefits	7.4	7.4
7.5 Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit	7.5	7.5
7.6 Housing-Related Benefits	7.6	7.6
7.7 Transition Child Benefit	7.7	7.7
7.8 Other Benefits	7.8	7.8
7.9 Assistive Devices	7.9	7.9
Section 8
8.1 Early Employment Supports	8.1	8.1
8.2 Learning, Earning and Parenting (LEAP)	8.2	8.2
8.3 Literacy Screening, Assessment and Training	8.3	8.3
8.4 Addiction Services Initiative (ASI)	8.4	8.4
8.5 Employment Placements	8.5	8.5
8.6 Supports to Self Employment	8.6	8.6
8.7 Community Placements	8.7	8.7
8.8. Child Care Supports	8.8	8.8
Section 9
9.1 Reviewing Eligibility	9.1	9.1
9.2 Absence from Ontario	9.2	9.2
9.3 Recovery of Overpayments	9.3	9.3
9.4 Overpayments Due to Excess Assets	9.4	9.4
9.5 Sharing of Overpayments Between Spouses	9.5	9.5
9.6 Overpayment Transfer	9.6	9.6
9.7 Controlling Fraud	9.7	9.7
Section 10
10.1 Notice and Internal Review Process	10.1	10.1
10.2 Appeal Process	10.2	10.2
10.3 Recovery of Interim Assistance	10.3	10.3
Section 11
11.1 Delivery Standards	11.1	11.1
11.2 Delegations of Authority	11.2	11.2
11.3 Cost Sharing	11.3	11.3
11.4 Statutory Declarations and Affidavits	11.4	11.4
11.5 Information Sharing	11.5	11.5