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Your Responsibilities
- You are required to attend an employment
information session at the second stage of the application
process.
- You may be required to take a literacy
screening test at the second stage if you have not
completed grade 12 or its equivalent. If you provide
proof of a learning disorder, you are not required
to take the literacy screening test.
- If you are applying to the Ontario Disability
Support Program (ODSP) through Ontario Works
and you have assets above the Ontario Works asset
limit and you have not previously used the one-time
asset exemption, then you are required to complete
an Agreement to Reimburse. If you are determined
to be ineligible for ODSP, you must repay some or
all of the assistance that you have received.
- You will be required to meet with your worker
at least every 3 months to review your participation
in employment assistance activities and every 12
months to review your financial information.
- Contact your worker promptly if:
- You receive a message that your worker needs
to speak to you.
- There are any changes in your circumstances.
- You are planning to leave the province for
any period.
- If you being to receive income or your income
changes
- Respond promptly if you receive a request
for information or a form to complete.
- All members of your benefit unit who are 18 years
of age and older are required to participate
in employment assistance activities including
a looking for work or better paying work. Activities
that may be approved include:
| Independent
job search |
Job
search support (i.e. resume workshop) |
| Employment
placement |
Community
placement |
| Education
or training program |
Addiction
treatment program |
| Supports
to self-employment |
Self-employment
activity |
| Learning,
Earning and Parenting program |
Literacy
training program |
All members are required to immediately report
any changes in their participation.
- Keep receipts and statements so that your
worker can verify your income, expenses and assets.
Keep receipts and statements such as:
| Pay
stubs |
Hydro,
water and heating costs |
Bank
Account books/statements |
| Fire
insurance |
Rent
or mortgage payments |
Income
tax assessment or returns |
| Child
care costs |
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- Obtain and report all available income
that you or a member of your benefit unit is owed
or receives, including any earnings and training
allowances. Each month you will receive an income
reporting form that is used to report all changes
to your income. If you or any member of your family
begins to receive income or your income changes,
you must report this income to your worker and the
completed statement must be received in your worker's
office by the due date. Your worker will review
your income history regularly. Examples of sources
of income include:
| Earnings |
WSIB |
Employment
Insurance |
| Sponsor
payments |
Roomer/boarder
income |
Money
owed to you |
| Interest
or dividends |
Pensions |
Self-employment
income |
| OSAP |
Insurance/accident
claims |
Farm
Income |
| Sale
of assets |
Child/spouse
support |
Child
care income |
| Training
allowances |
Inheritances
or lotteries |
Compensation
for victims of crime |
- Report all your assets. An asset is property
of all kinds, including cash or anything that you
own that can be converted into cash. The total dollar
value of your assets affects your eligibility for
assistance. The equity that you have in real estate
other than your primary residence is included as
an asset at the time of application. Examples of
assets include:
| Primary
or other residence or real estate |
Life
insurance |
Collections
or valuables |
| Investments
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Vehicles |
Money
in bank account |
Remember to tell your worker immediately
if you or anyone in your benefit unit:
| Sells
or transfers an asset |
Borrows
money |
| Buys
a new asset |
Opens
or closes a bank account |
- Report your living arrangements and any other
changes. Tell your worker immediately if there
are changes in your current living arrangement such
as:
- Your address or phone number changes
- Your rent or other home cost changes
- Your dependent leaves school, return to school,
starts work, leaves home or returns home
- The number of people in your benefit unit
changes
- You or a member of your benefit unit leaves
Ontario for a period greater than 7 days
- You and your spouse are responsible to repay
all overpayments you may have. If you leave
social assistance, you and your spouse are still
required to repay the overpayment.
- You are responsible for following the rules
of the Ontario Works Program including honest reporting
of all circumstances and changes of circumstances
that affect eligibility.
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