[homeles_ot-l] FW: [hhno-on] Ontario Child Benefit 'poster' - pass on to low-income families

[Lynne Browne]

FYI, text in poster below.

Lynne Browne 
Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa ON  K1N 6A7 
613-241-7913 x 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca 
www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca 

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From: Jennifer Ramsay [mailto:ramsayjg at lao.on.ca] 
Sent: April 17, 2008 11:44 AM
To: hhno-on at povnet.org
Subject: [hhno-on] Ontario Child Benefit 'poster' - pass on to low-income
families

 

Hello everyone,

 

I enclose a simple ‘poster’ we have prepared about the Ontario Child
Benefit.  Please feel free to copy/distribute/use it as you wish.  It is
also available on the What’s New page of our website:  HYPERLINK
"http://www.halco.org/new.html"http://www.halco.org/new.html  

 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact
me.  Thanks.

 

Jill

 

Jill McNall
Community Legal Worker
HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario)
Tel. 416-340-7790 / 1-888-705-8889

TTY 416-922-2352 / 1-866-513-9883
HYPERLINK "mailto:mcnallj at lao.on.ca"mcnallj at lao.on.ca
HYPERLINK "http://www.halco.org/"www.halco.org

 

In the poster:

 

PARENTS: 

File your 2007 Income Tax return(s) by April 30, 2008, to qualify for the
new Ontario Child Benefit. 

The new monthly Ontario Child Benefit “OCB” starts in July 2008. To be
eligible for the OCB of up to $50 per child per month you must: 

-have dependent child/children under age 18 

-live in Ontario 

-have immigration status in Canada 

-file your annual income tax returns 

-be registered for the Canada Child Tax Benefit, and 

-meet the low-income eligibility 

If you receive ODSP/OW: 

-your ODSP/OW benefit rate will be reduced to reflect the new OCB income in
July 2008. 

-the Back-to-School and Winter Clothing Allowances will be part of the
monthly OCB. 

For more information about the Ontario Child Benefit: 

-Ministry of Children and Youth Services: toll-free telephone
1-866-821-7770; TTY 1-800-387-5559 

www.gov.on.ca/children/english/programs/ocb/index.html 

-Income Security Advocacy Centre: www.incomesecurity.org 

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Ask your local community information centre or community service about free
income tax clinics for people with limited income.

 

[prepared by HALCO – HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) – April 2008

 


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