Ontario Works - Toronto Employment & Social Services

Provincial social assistance delivered by the City of Toronto: money for "food, shelter and other costs to people in financial need" plus prescription drug coverage, dental/eyeglass help, child-care start-up and job-search transport benefits. Apply online 24/7 (20-30 minutes), by phone via the Social Assistance line, or in person at the Employment & Social Services office assigned by postal code; a caseworker then follows up and asks for eligibility documents.

Public institution in Toronto. Jobs & careers

How to reach them

1. Go to online application at ontario.ca/page/social-assistance; social assistance phone line mon-fri 8:30-5 (number and tty on page); local tess office; 311.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneCall 1-888-999-1142
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is toronto.ca/community-people/employment-soci....

Good to know

• CostFree
• They welcomeapplications
• LanguagesArabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Farsi, French, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu
• Their own advicePublic institutions work through programs and forms, not favours. Find the program that already exists for your purpose, then ask the named contact what they need from you.

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