Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

Have you applied for Ontario Disability Support Program benefits and been turned down?
Have you requested an Internal Review?
Have you filed an appeal to the Social Benefits Tribunal and you need help?
Do you think you are not getting the right amount of Ontario Disability Support Program benefits?
Has ODSP told you that you have an overpayment?
Do you disagree or not understand the overpayment?
Are you trying to get money to help with a move or needed household items?
Do you have questions about working while receiving ODSP ?
Have you received a letter saying your benefits have been put on hold or you have you been cut off benefits?
Are you living with a person that ODSP has determined is your spouse?
Have you just been released from jail and want to get back onto ODSP ?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, contact the legal clinic.

Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ontario Disability Support Program
- Bracebridge ODSP Office (covers Districts of Muskoka & Parry Sound)
  Ministry of Community and Social Services
  Ontario Disability Support Program
  Income and Employment Supports
  50 Ball's Drive, Suite 1
  Bracebridge ON P1L 1T1
  General Inquiry: (705) 645-8718
  Toll Free: 1-800-665-9718
  TTY: (705) 645-5717
  Fax: (705) 645-7568
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) — "The Income Security Advocacy Centre works with and on behalf of low income communities in Ontario to address issues of income security and poverty." ISAC is a "specialty" clinic that works with other community legal clinics and anti-poverty advocates to achieve its goals.
- See ISAC 's publications page.
Social Benefits Tribunal deals with ODSP and Ontario Works (OW) appeals.
- " Frequently Asked Questions "
ODSP Action Coalition — "The ODSP Action Coalition is a province-wide network of people with lived experience on ODSP , disability organizations, community agencies, anti-poverty groups and community legal clinics. We push for improvements to the Ontario Disability Support Program so that people with disabilities can live with justice and dignity." (From their web site).