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Service Description:
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Offers basic financial assistance to eligible community residents requiring basic needs and shelter
Monthly allowance based on family size, housing costs and income * monthly drug benefit card
Community Start-Up Benefit - Help with housing or moving costs * covers costs related to starting a job or work placement
Employment Start-Up Benefit - Covers costs related to starting a job or work placement
Families with Children - Newborn child allowance, back to school allowance for dependent children, child care start-up costs, basic dental care for children
Employment Assistance - Clients 18-65 years must participate in employment assistance activities unless they are living with a serious disability or illness or caring for preschool children
Community Participation - Volunteer placements
Job Search Programs - Based on skills, experience and circumstances
Employment Placement - Job matching service
Basic Education - Basic adult upgrading, high school upgrading, literacy and basic skills
Job Skills Training - Development of skills for specific jobs, on-the-job training
Supports to Self-Employment - Referrals to self-employment programs
Discretionary Benefits - May include dentures, emergency dental services, eyeglasses, special diet allowance, health care supplies, medical transportation funds, prosthetic devices, funerals and burials
Programs may vary by city or municipality and may be available to non-Ontario Works recipients upon income assessment
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