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LEAP
LEAP — Learning Earning and Parenting — is a program which:
- Identifies and addresses barriers to school attendance and academic success;
- Promotes high school graduation;
- Identifies opportunities to develop employment skills and become job ready;
- Promotes participation in school, co-op programs, and other work programs;
- Promotes children's growth and development by supporting parents to become more effective caregivers and educators;
- Focuses on parenting needs and circumstance of the individual participant;
- Provides a full range of parenting activities.
LEAP is mandatory for 16- and 17-year-old parents receiving Ontario Works who have not completed high school. Single parents and couples up to age 21 who receive Ontario Works and have not completed high school may participate on a voluntary basis.
For more information, please contact the local office at 613-546-2695.
CHILDCARE PROGRAMS [Top]
If you are actively participating in employment related activities, you may be eligible to receive a child care subsidy.
- Call Child Care Programs at 613-546-2695 ext. 4825 to make an appointment.
- You must bring a current signed Participation Agreement to your appointment.
- Infants to children aged 12 are eligible.
FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM [Top]
Parents on Ontario Works who have custody of their children must make reasonable efforts to get support from the other parent. If they do not already have a support agreement or order, they are expected to get one.
The role of the family support worker is to assist participants in obtaining support for themselves and their children. Participants must give information about the other parent to a family support worker who can help them get a support order or agreement.
A parent may not have to pursue support if the other parent:
- Has a history of violence towards them or their child;
- Cannot be found;
- Is not working and cannot afford to pay support.
The amount of child support received by the parent is deducted from their Ontario Works entitlement unless there is a history of non-payment; then the child support payments can be assigned to Ontario Works so that the parent will get their whole Ontario Works entitlement even when the support payments are not paid. In these cases, when the support payments are received, they will be forwarded directly to the Ontario Work office through an assignment.
ELIGIBILITY REVIEW PROGRAM [Top]
The Eligibility Review Program is designed to ensure that Ontario Works recipients are eligible for the social assistance funds they receive. The Eligibility Review Unit reviews all allegations by:
- Gathering evidence;
- Conducting investigations;
- Determining whether a complaint is valid;
- Referring the case to the Policy/Crown when appropriate.
The Eligibility Review Program supports program integrity and an efficient, cost-effective social assistance system that is fair to all.
If you wish to make a complaint because you believe someone is receiving assistance they are not entitled to, you may call the local Ontario Works Office at 613-546-2695.
