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Bill Dare posted: "The reform plan is acknowledged as having valuable initiatives for the two separate programs of Welfare vs. Disability, yet the critical point of entry into the Ontario Disability Support Program uses Canada Pension Plan criteria which rules out episodic " </span>
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<h2 class="m_6300968097460260765post-title" style="margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-size:1.6em;color:#555;margin:0;font-size:20px"><a href="https://socialhealthpracticeottawa.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/ontarios-plan-for-social-assistance-reform-criteria-based-on-cpp-for-odsp-sets-back-our-earlier-efforts-to-support-people-living-with-a-disability/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">Ontario’s Plan for social assistance reform – criteria based on CPP for ODSP sets back our earlier efforts to “support” people living with a disability</a></h2>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">The reform plan is acknowledged as having valuable initiatives for the two separate programs of Welfare vs. Disability, yet the critical point of entry into the Ontario Disability Support Program uses Canada Pension Plan criteria which rules out episodic and ranges of disability of a person’s life over time and instead requires an assessment of “permanence.”</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">After decades of efforts to support advancement and inclusion into Ontario workplaces an either or approach will now be in place for people experiencing illness where they will now loose the significant financial supports of ODSP, approximately $400.00 per month. Mary Marrone of the Income Advocacy Centre notes that people currently on ODSP will remain on it, welfare will soon become a disability program, rather than the temporary income support for those newly experiencing a disability.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">With income being a well-recognized social determinant of health, health organizations can have a useful role to engage with Ontario government policy makers to “reform the reform” as the impacts of going back to a criteria of can or cannot work are ultimately not useful for individual’s with a disability and the business case and effectiveness of our systems of care and support.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">I’m unsure, who and how this can be approached within the groups and organizations we work within, but I urge each of us to take a step towards an action that ultimately advances the people we serve health and wellbeing. Please also consider sharing your efforts with us, both big and small.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">If you have time, discussion from both conservative and liberal views occurred on <strong>TVO’s The Agenda</strong> – with actual dialogue and nuance!</p>
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<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">See the video here: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/the-pc-plan-for-social-assistance" target="_blank">The PC Plan for Social Assistance</a></li>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><em>Nov 26, 2018 - 40:29, </em>The Agenda examines Ontario social assistance reforms.</p>
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<li style="line-height:1.6;margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The Income Security Advocacy Centre is also a critical resource: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://incomesecurity.org/public-education/many-questions-few-answers-and-great-risk-for-people-with-disabilities/" target="_blank">http://incomesecurity.org/public-education/many-questions-few-answers-and-great-risk-for-people-with-disabilities/</a></li>
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