r/OntarioWorks

Hey! I’m trying to figure out what happened to the Ontario works free training programs?

For curiosity sake, I work for the Windsor OW and I heard we make lower than other regions in Ontario. If any OW caseworkers feel comfortable sharing how much their regions payscale is and what their work from home allotment is?

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I need help, I was denied from OSAP and re applied for Ontario works, but I was denied also for Ontario works. Why is everything and everyone trying to go against me. This is not fsir. Any help will do.

I am on Ontario Works and will start work on May 25th. Knowing that my first cheque will be deposited 2 weeks(bi-weekly) from the start date, will I be deducted from THIS months OW or the NEXT month?

All of this will be notified ahead of time to my caseworker as well.

I need to have my eye glasses replaced but I need to get a prescription for the lenses before they issue me a new pair. Last time I went looking for one they were asking $100+ for an eye exam. So I didn’t end up getting them.

Supposedly according to my worker, I can just go anywhere and they will do it for me. However that hasn’t been my experience. I would love any suggestions for places that will give me the eye test without trying to charge me or how to properly approach a location to get one.

Any suggestions?

Hi everyone. I went and got an eye exam at specsavers and while waiting I found a pair of glasses I really liked. After I sent my prescription in to OW I was told I could only go to city optical for glasses with the voucher code they were sending in the mail. I’m in Toronto, and I’m just wondering if anyone had luck going somewhere else/specsavers to get glasses while on OW. Thank you!

My casework issued benefits yesterday morning but I haven’t got the deposit. Does anyone know what time TD deposits come through? It’s currently 7:15am est

how does one get ow to pay for an AC for them? I know it's said that you need to have a medical condition to need one but if you don't are you just on your own to pay for one? I have a 1 month old and I'm mostly worried about him getting too hot and it's already getting hot in my apartment://

My caseworker approved and issued more benefits this morning but no payment posted yet. Will I receive it tomorrow?

I was wondering if anyone knows what is and what is not covered by the dental coverage we get through Ontario Works?

I was issued basic shelter needs on the 8th, will I get it today or no?

I applied for odsp due to severe mental health issues I’ll be doing college mostly online ( some in person) the school is aware of all of my issues and are working with me however if I get approved can I still get it ( without the financial part I’ll be on Osap July so won’t be able to get the living portion from odsp and that’s fine) but the drug benefits etc??

My chase worker said today she was going to issue a $25x payment today for one time expenses. It doesn’t show under payments on mybenefits….. will it? I’m just wondering if it’s actually been issued. She said it should land in my account Monday or Tuesday

I have some health issues and recently got got out of a bad relationship so I had to get some help from OW until I was healthy enough ti return to work. I was sharing an apartment with someone which made it easier on income however the property has been sold and now I’m left needing to find a place for myself and my teenage daughter to live. Unfortunately ow doesn’t even give enough to pay rent so my question I guess is what are other single parents doing to financially make it? Even if I was to find even a phone job or babysitting or something I can only make 200 before they start deducting. As of now i honestly get 1700 a month and it’s a struggle I had support of my parents but they are no longer working now as they are old and retired so that help is coming to an end. Are there any resources available or anything I don’t know about that helps cover the rest of rest or light bills or helps in anyway possible! Another thing is for last months rent is there help with that I know the rent bank is there but don’t you need an income of sort to pay that back?

My dad who lives in another country bought the ticket. I went to help take care of my grandma. I did not know that I was supposed to tell my caseworker before. (I only started on OW at the beginning of march) I was gone from March 28th to April 19th. Will they just make me re-pay for the excess days (about 14 days) or will they want to completely take me off OW ?

My spouse is about to have his wages garnished by the bank. Im really worried because I am on OW and we barely get by as it is.

Does anyone have any advice, or if they have gone through something similar?

I am in the process of applying for the BJO assistance. The career has to have a good outlook over the next 3 years, or a fair outlook if you can show potential, something like that. My employment counsellor says I probably would qualify for assistance in the web developer field because there are some jobs, and I’m already a self taught developer, (been doing hosting and design since 2000), so the course is just to get a certificate because employers are looking for that. I have a couple computer programming courses on my list as well, because the ones I picked are basically web development with other courses added.

I am thinking about accounting instead because it is a high demand, but I would prefer to do web developer.

Has anyone been approved in the new BJO program for a web developer or computer programmer program?

I reapplied for OW about 3 weeks ago, and spoke to a caseworker from my local office about a week ago who said she won’t be able to reopen my file so I will need to be reassessed so she sent a form to the intake unit to have my application reassessed I guess? She also told me I could contact the intake unit myself to ask for an update and when I call them they tell me that I should get in touch with the caseworker I originally spoke to but she tells me to get in touch with the intake unit. Anyone know how long it will take?

I have an older sister who has been on OW for the past 10 years. She has recently got herself a warehouse factory been working there for a month, but she doesn’t know if this is a Should she report the job to her OW worker or should she continue for the next three months and see if this job is doable as well they only pay her in checks. Will this future problems for her with the government when she files her taxes what should I advise my sister to I am telling her the best option is to report it after a month but she wants to wait and report it by month three to see if this is something she can do still receiving the benefits that she does as she does have various health concerns and disability issues.

Wanted to know if OW would help cover bills (930$ owing to ServiceOntario so I can renew my plates due to unpaid parking tickets 6 of them to be exact and them I'm hit with a shit ton of fees which they will not waive, I also owe 270 to 407 ETR I was taking the 407 daily when I had a job because I needed to I was making on time payments but once I lost my job I fell behind , so a total of around 1300$ would they be able to help with that if proof was provided? As I need to do this to get my car on the road to get to a new job