Income Security: A Roadmap for Change

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• First Nations social service programs should have recognition and support for their ability to provide: • Income assistance to singles, couples and families • Pre-employment activities that include but are not limited to literacy, upgrading, employment experience, job-specific skills training, youthspecific initiatives, social enterprise and self-employment resources • Mental health and addictions referrals and early interventions • Community-based initiatives specific to language, culture, tradition and the community’s economic and educational context • All of these services will be delivered in a First Nations holistic approach • Community and social development training for First Nations staff • Healing and wellness, life stabilization, social inclusion, pre-employment activities and developing essential skills should be recognized as significant achievements along the path to success • Ontario Works self-employment rules should be aligned with ODSP to include those working part-time and seasonally Self-employment rules, guidelines and eligibility assessments should be simplified and revised. • Encourage self-employment and social enterprises as viable options for First Nations peoples and communities • Work with First Nations to promote information and create opportunities related to micro-loan availability and small business start-up, as well as federal and provincial programming • First Nations Social Service administrators should continue to deliver employment-related services to promote a holistic approach towards supporting community members 20 Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
• First Nations Social Service administrators should deliver and oversee Employment Ontario employment services and supports in their communities • First Nations youth represent the future of First Nations communities and require access to services and supports earlier in life to achieve success in employment, education and transitioning to adulthood • Young people aged 14+ should have access to Ontario Works and ODSP employment supports • Provision of funding to support programming, social inclusion, cultural learning and knowledge-sharing between Elders and youth • In recognition that ODSP should be delivered by First Nations, reduce barriers to ODSP by: • Funding support staff to provide intensive case management and secure assessments to help individuals navigate ODSP • Supporting better access to health practitioners in First Nations communities to assist with the completion of the Disability Determination Package (DDP) through use of video or telehealth services • Increasing and expediting help with medical transportation costs • Ongoing supports for ODSP recipients and benefit units • Providing a supplementary benefit that is dedicated to individuals with disabilities receiving ODSP • Providing longer timelines to complete steps in the adjudication process as required • To support ongoing professional development for First Nations, tools, resources, funding and training should be in place • Promote/support healing and wellness among social services staff Income Security: A Roadmap for Change 21
Page 1: INCOME SECURITY A Roadmap for Chang
Page 4 and 5: ACHIEVING INCOME ADEQUACY69 Setting
Page 6 and 7: A CLOSING NOTE164 APPENDIX A: Membe
Page 8 and 9: INCOME SECURITY: FUTURE STATE Essen
Page 10 and 11: 3. Recognizing the Experience of In
Page 12 and 13: ENGAGING THE WHOLE INCOME SECURITY
Page 14 and 15: • The federal government enhance
Page 16 and 17: • Individual choice and well-bein
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Page 20 and 21: A TRANSFORMED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE STR
Page 22 and 23: • Initially exempt 25% of Canada
Page 24 and 25: SELF-GOVERNANCE AND RESPECT FOR FIR
Page 28 and 29: • The capabilities, skills and pr
Page 30 and 31: SEQUENCING REFORM The Roadmap recom
Page 32 and 33: We recommend the Province commit to
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Page 38 and 39: Community members stressed the impo
Page 40 and 41: INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The Income Sec
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Page 46 and 47: • Research by the Social Planning
Page 48 and 49: The Additional Costs of Disability
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Page 56 and 57: A NOTE ON PREVIOUS REPORTS Over the
Page 58 and 59: ONTARIO’S INCOME SECURITY SYSTEM
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areas, including remote areas In se
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DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS 1.1 The Pr
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ONTARIO HOUSING BENEFIT Recommendat
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• People must be able to access a
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“I’ve been waiting for housing
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Children who are being cared for by
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When a child is in the care of a Ch
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WORKING INCOME TAX BENEFIT Recommen
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CORE HEALTH BENEFITS Recommendation
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A key strength of Ontario’s curre
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TRANSFORMING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE OBJE
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DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS 7.1 Develo
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People need to feel they have perso
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focussing primarily on eligibility
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• People are able to access servi
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• A simpler social assistance str
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8.6 Regularly situate Ontario Works
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We note that ODSP has many positive
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as simple and streamlined as possib
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9.4 Provide provincial-level assist
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Because moving to an assured income
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A TRANSFORMED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE STR
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This flat-rate structure would appl
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DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS 11.1 Trans
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First Nations Delivery Agents of On
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INCOME AND ASSETS Recommendation 13
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additional costs they may have—wh
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HELPING THOSE IN DEEPEST POVERTY OB
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Single Non-disabled Person Fall 201
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• Setting the Standard Flat Rate
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The first Indian Act was passed by
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While the recommendations noted abo
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DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS 16.1 Based
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16.10 Take steps to ensure that Fir
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• Community-based initiatives spe
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• Increasing and expediting help
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Until further changes to the 1965 A
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A CALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Th
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The Roadmap emphasizes the need for
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IMPLEMENTING AND MEASURING CHANGE M
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3. The need to take a system-wide a
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SEQUENCING CHANGE: A 10-YEAR ROADMA
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YEAR 2 The second year of implement
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YEARS 4 TO 10 Years 4 to 10 will ma
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THE COST OF INACTION Poverty is int
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• Ontario Drug Benefit costs for
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• Social Assistance, through: •
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A CLOSING NOTE This Roadmap holds t
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Violet Boissoneau Linda Cobiness Jo
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APPENDIX B: POVERTY REDUCTION STRAT
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Canada Pension Plan - Disability (C
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Indigenous Friendship Centres: Not-
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Old Age Security (OAS): A pension p
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Rent-Geared-To-Income (RGI): Financ
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Trauma-informed practice: Practices
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