Resource collection

CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to request reconsideration or appeal when denied

Recorded on June 6, 2024

Do you support clients who applied for Canadian Pension Plan–Disability (CPP-D) benefits and were denied? Or who had their request for reconsideration declined? This webinar will help community workers understand the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal processes. Our presenters will walk you through the steps to help you...

Canada Dental Care Plan information sheet

Connecting Ottawa has an information sheet on the Canada Dental Care Plan. It explains how the Plan works and how it's linked to dental benefits in other Ontario plans, such as Healthy Smiles Ontario, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), and Ontario Works (OW).

Returning to work with CPP-D

The Income Security and Advocacy Centre has an information sheet on how a person’s benefits from the Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) program may be affected when they return to work. The resource explains things such as when a person has to report their income and how much they can earn before their benefits may stop. The information sheet...

Ontario Works and gifts

This 4-page resource from Income Security Advocacy Centre explains the rules about how much money a person living on Ontario Works can receive as a gift.  

ODSP Appeal Handbook

This 24-page handbook From Waterloo Community Legal Services helps a person prepare for an ODSP hearing at the Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT). It includes definitions, timelines, and points to consider.

Most SBT hearings are now virtual. Tribunals Ontario has a guide to help people prepare for a videoconference: Guide to Videoconferencing |...

Challenging CERB and CRB overpayment notices

Recorded on April 4, 2023

We are pleased to share that Pro Bono Ontario has now started a CERB/CRB Overpayment Program for eligible Ontario residents. In the last year, the federal government has been demanding that thousands of recipients pay back their CERB or Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB). Many of these recipients are low-income people...

Navigating the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Part 2: Eligibility and the Application Process

Recorded on February 16, 2023

This follow-up webinar gives community workers information about the application and eligibility process, what is needed to prove a disability, as well as what forms and information are required during this initial stage.

Update July 2024: The application process has been updated since the recording of this...

POSPH : Processus de demande, comment établir le handicap et les changements

Enregistré le 25 janvier 2023

Le Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes handicapées (POSPH) offre un soutien aux personnes handicapées par le biais de prestations mensuelles, de médicaments, de soins de la vue et de soins dentaires, de subventions pour les dépenses liées à un régime alimentaire spécial et de subventions pour le transport...

Navigating the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP): Part 1: Income and Reporting Obligations

Recorded on November 24, 2022

The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides income and employment support to people with disabilities. Understanding the program's many rules and obligations can be difficult, particularly for those collecting other benefits like Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or who are working while on ODSP.

This...

Am I a Visitor Chart

This chart from West Scarborough Legal Services explains which immigration statuses in Canada are considered to be visitors by different immigration and social assistance bodies.