All posts by Mackenzie Braithwaite

Check out the Student Links Initiative offered by Community Living Ontario 👥✨🌍

Community, Employment, Volunteer
Student Links is a mentorship initiative that works with high school students between the ages of 14 and 21, who identify as having an intellectual disability. This initiative helps them explore their interests in the community and possible roles for themselves after high school.
Community Living Ontario does this through one time community meetings and longer-term mentorship opportunities. These opportunities are created by connecting students with volunteer mentors who share their interest(s) and who have expertise and/or job experience in an area the student wishes to explore.

Province exempting Canada Disability Benefit as income to protect recipients from benefit reductions

Funding, News, Ontario

The Ontario government intends to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as income so that social assistance recipients would receive the benefit without seeing a reduction in their provincial social assistance payments or entitlements. The changes would help recipients of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works and the Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD) program receive their maximum entitlements.

Read the news:
https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005959/ontario-supporting-recipients-of-disability-benefits

Two New Tipsheets Available on passportfunding.ca

Funding, News, Resources, Services and Programs

In case you missed it, Passport Program have two new tipsheets available on passportfunding.ca.

1. Understand how DSO and the Passport program work with a useful chart showing the application processes
2. Understand when to contact the Passport program or DSO with the “Who to contact” chart

Find these new resources here: https://passportfunding.ca/resources

New! DSO Housing Modules

Housing, News, Ontario, Resources

The DSO Housing Navigators have created a series of self-guided e-learning videos (modules) that users can progress through on their own. You or your loved one can return to the videos whenever you like, as many times as you like. Find information culminated form their housing webcast series and the DSO Housing Toolkit to start your housing journey at your own pace.

For help with accessing the videos, please contact dsotr.hn@surreyplace.ca. For further about questions about housing navigation services and resources in your area, please contact your local DSO Housing Navigator. Visit the DSO website today! https://www.dsontario.ca/resources/webcasts

🏡 Submit Your Expression of Interest for Affordable Homeownership!

Community, Housing

If you have high rent, an unsuitable living situation, or saving for a down payment feels out of reach, Habitat Greater Ottawa may have the solution for you!

They are now accepting Expressions of Interest from families in need of affordable housing. By signing up, you’ll be the first to hear about upcoming application openings and available homes in our communities.

Don’t miss this opportunity—take the first step today: https://habitatgo.ca/homeownership/