Phone: (613) 783-4400
Toll Free: 1-800-664-8988
TTY: 1-800-387-5559
Web: www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html
 

A resident of Ontario must have a health card to show that he or she is entitled to health care services paid for by OHIP. Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP). OHIP coverage normally becomes effective three months after the date you establish residency in Ontario.

Phone: (613) 545-0536
Web: www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/resources/directives/ssah_policychange.h…
 

The Special Services at Home (SSAH) program is funded and administered by the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
This program provides funding directly to families so they can purchase services to provide personal development and relief support to a child or adult with a developmental disability or a child with a physical disability.
In December 2005, the ministry made two very important policy changes to the program.

Phone: 1-800-267-6681

Web: www.sisip.ca/en/Cfpaf_e/index.asp

The Canadian Assistance Personnel Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to serving and former members of the Canadian Forces (CF) and their immediate families.

 

Military Family Fund

The Military Families Fund (MFF) is an agile and responsive means for Base and Wing Commanders, in concert with Military Family Resource Centers (MFRC) across the country, to help military families within hours of being advised of need. It will help with short-term emergencies and also provide long-term support. The MFF allows CF leadership to meet the special-case needs of CF members and their families with speed and flexibility not always available through the traditional programs.
 

Ontario Disability Support Program, Income Support

Phone: (613) 234-1188
Direct Intake 613-787-3951
Web: www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/social/programs/odsp.htm

Income Support provides financial assistance and other benefits to eligible people with disabilities and their families. Supports and benefits available: accommodation, basic living expenses, prescription drugs, basic dental care.

Other supports and benefits may be available such as: eyeglasses, hearing aids, special diet allowance, diabetic supplies, Employment Start Up Benefit (ESUB), ostomy supplies, Extended Health Benefits, surgical supplies, emergency home repairs, transportation needed to attend medical appointments, guide dog allowance, Upfront Child Care Benefit, wheelchair/mobility device repairs and batteries, Community Start Up and maintenance Benefit (CSUMB).

STRIDE Assistance for the Disabled

Phone: (613) 723-0528
Web: stride_wheelchairs.ncf.ca

Provides financial assistance for the purchase of equipment to people with disabilities in need who are not eligible for other programs, and operates a recycling depot for medical and disability support equipment.