Benefits and Social Assistance
This page offers links to a variety of services and information related to benefits and social assistance.
- AccessON
Here you can learn what you can do and, in some cases, what you are legally required to do to make your business or organization welcoming to people of all disabilities. - Ontario Disability Support Program
This program is designed to meet the unique needs of people with disabilities and their families who are in financial need, or who would like to work and need support. - Family Responsibility Office
This office of the Ministry of Community and Social Services processes child and spousal support payments to help ensure that families receive the financial support they are entitled to. - Ontario Works
This program delivers both financial and employment assistance to people in temporary financial need. - Interpreter and Intervenor Services
The Ministry of Community and Social Services provides funding to non-profit agencies for interpreter and intervenor services to help people who are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or deaf blind live as independently as possible in the community. - Developmental Services
Find services and supports for people of all ages who have a developmental disability and their families. - Infant Hearing Program
Infant Hearing Program screens newborns for hearing loss while in the hospital.Every year in Ontario, nearly four in 1,000 babies are born deaf or hard of hearing. More lose their hearing later as they grow. Many of these children may need to learn speech and language differently, so it's important to detect hearing loss as early as possible. - Behaviour Management
This program, which is funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services, provides assessment and treatment services for children and youth up to the age of 18 with a developmental disability who also have behavioural issues. - Social Development Programs
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s Social Assistance Program is one component of the departmental Social Development Program.
