CPP Disability:
1-800-277-9914
link to CPP Disability Benefits website
Ontario Disability:
(905) 665-1030
link to Ontario Disability Support Program website
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
• Ontario Works
• Ontario Provincial Rent Bank Program
Ontario Works
click
here to link to the Ontario Works website
If you are in temporary financial need, Ontario
Works can:
- provide you with money, and
- help you find a job
To be eligible to receive help from Ontario Works, you must:
- live in Ontario
- need money right away to help pay for food and housing costs, and
- be willing to take part in activities that will help you find a job.
How Ontario Works can help you
If you qualify, Ontario Works can provide you with:
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Financial assistance to help your cover the costs of your basic
needs (e.g. food) and housing costs, and
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Employment assistance to help you prepare for and find a job
Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit
The Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit or CSUMB is money to help pay for things you need to set up a new home, such as:
deposits and hook-up fees for heat or utilities such as water or electricity (which some people call hydro),
a last month’s rent deposit,
clothing, furniture, and other household goods,
storage costs for up to 3 months,
transportation and moving costs, and
help with your move if you are a person with a disability.
The CSUMB can also help you to stay in the home you are living in now by giving you money for things such as:
rent you owe, which is also known as "arrears", so that you will not be evicted,
payments to keep your heat or utilities from being cut off, and
payments to get your heat or utilities back if they have been cut off.
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Client Services Unit
900 Bay Street, M1-57 Macdonald Block
Toronto ON M7A 1N3
Tel: (416) 325-5666
Toll free: 1-888-789-4199
TTY: 1-800-387-5559
Fax: (416) 325-7136
Ontario Works Local Office Numbers
For information about
the Ontario Works program in the Durham Region,
please contact your local office
Offices in the Durham Region are listed below:
| Office Name and Address | Phone
Number /Hours of Service |
Intake |
|---|---|---|
| CMSM Durham | ||
|
South Oshawa
Office
505 Wentworth Street West Oshawa, ON |
905 436-6747
8 am to 4 pm |
1 877-678-6333
(Toll Free) |
|
Ajax Office
140 Commercial Avenue Ajax, ON |
905 428-7400
8 am to 4 pm |
1 877-678-6333
(Toll Free) |
|
Uxbridge Office
2 Campbell Drive Uxbridge, ON |
905 852-4566
8 am to 4 pm |
1 877-678-6333
(Toll Free) |
|
Employment Service
200 John Street West, 2nd Floor, Midtown Mall Oshawa, ON |
905 432-2929
Fax: 905-432-7602
8:30 am to 4:30 pm |
1 877-678-6333
(Toll Free) |
| CMSM Northumberland County | ||
|
Coburg Office 860 William Street Coburg, ON K9A 3A9 |
905 372-6846
Fax. 905 372-6701 8:15 am to 5:15 pm |
905 372-6846
Ext. 2468 |
CPP Disability: 1-800-277-9914
Ontario Disability: (905) 665-1030
Ontario Provincial Rent Bank Program
The Provincial Rent Bank Program is funded by the Province of Ontario and administered by the province’s 47 Municipal Service Managers (SMs). Under this program, tenants facing eviction for non-payment of rent can apply to the local rent bank to receive financial assistance. If a tenant’s application is approved, the outstanding rent is paid directly to the landlord on behalf of the tenant.
Several SMs have arrangements with community-based agencies (e.g. the Salvation Army and the United Way). Service Managers and their Service Areas.
In the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section below, you will find answers to your questions, such as: “What is a Rent Bank?” “How much money can I get from the Rent Bank?” and so on.
Provincial Rent Bank Program - Tenants FAQs
Tel: (905) 728-4968
email: info@vpcc.ca