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lostgirl1986
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24 Aug 2012, 9:03 am

For those people in Ontario:

Do you know if it's possible to stay on Ontario Works while being a full-time college student?



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24 Aug 2012, 5:25 pm

I could be wrong, but I don't believe you can since a. OSAP is in place to help cover school costs and b. Ontario Works requires you to be available to accept employment offers



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24 Aug 2012, 6:46 pm

Okay, yeah and I'm on OSAP. I haven't received the funding yet. They cut me off in the beginning of August and I thought it was because of the OSAP but they later sent me a letter saying it was because I didn't hand in my monthly slip so I called my case worker and told me to come in the office and fill it out and a few days later they deposited money into my account. The reason I'm on Ontario Works right now is because I applied for disability through them and for the drug plan because my medication is really expensive. Luckily if I do get cut off from Ontario works in September I'll have a student drug plan by then.