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Rates for OW and ODSP

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) has updated charts showing the rates for Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) as of July 2025.

Helping clients work with legal representatives

Connecting Ottawa has a collection of info sheets that include:

How to find a legal representative
Communicating with legal representatives
Legal fees: How do lawyers and paralegals charge clients?
Legal fees: Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
Hiring a legal representative
Firing a legal representative

The info sheets are also available in French:

Comment trouver un représentant juridique
Communiquer avec les représentant⋅e⋅s juridique
Les honoraires juridiques: Comment les avocats et les parajuristes facturent leurs clients
Frais juridiques –

Accessing health benefits in Ontario

Recorded on July 16, 2025
Many people with low incomes in Ontario cannot afford health services not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP). For example, vision and dental care, and prescription drugs. Other publicly funded programs offer these health services, but the programs are difficult to navigate.
The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) produced a Guide to Health Benefits in Ontario for community and health-care workers to help their clients access these programs.

Urban Indigenous realities: Beyond the myths

Recorded on June 26, 2025
Close to 88% of Indigenous people in Ontario live in cities. And the contributions they make to urban life are often overlooked, misunderstood, or dismissed.
This webinar challenges assumptions and invites deeper understanding of Indigenous people living in urban areas. It aims to:

Break down myths about urban Indigenous communities and explore the rich diversity and strength within these communities.

The Journey to Housing Stability for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

ACTO’s Your Way Forward report explores survivors’ journeys navigating the housing legal system in Ontario, identifies key barriers they face along their journey, and calls for urgently needed specialized services and policy changes to increase their access to justice and housing stability.