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flowersforaerith.bsky.social
if anyone's able to help out (hopefully) one last time - my ET is videogirl666 (at) g m a i l (dot) com, literally anything helps so my already volatile living situation doesn't get worse and/or end up w/ me getting kicked out :( i hate having to do this so much but the MCCSS has been zero help :/
flowersforaerith.bsky.social .​lavenderStarlight+ @flowersforaerith.bsky.social · 27d
wooooo ontarioworks finally got back to me and it turns out i'm gonna have to call ODSP to close a "ghost account" thats stopping me from applying back to OW/ODSP and that apparently it'll take so long to unfuck that i won't have rent money on time :^)
August 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
flowersforaerith.bsky.social
thank you so much to everyone who sent something! i've got enough to make rent now and it's a massive weight off my shoulders while i navigate the incredibly fucked situation MCCSS has put me in, this genuinely means the world to me
flowersforaerith.bsky.social .​lavenderStarlight+ @flowersforaerith.bsky.social · 27d
if anyone's able to help out (hopefully) one last time - my ET is videogirl666 (at) g m a i l (dot) com, literally anything helps so my already volatile living situation doesn't get worse and/or end up w/ me getting kicked out :( i hate having to do this so much but the MCCSS has been zero help :/
flowersforaerith.bsky.social .​lavenderStarlight+ @flowersforaerith.bsky.social · 27d
wooooo ontarioworks finally got back to me and it turns out i'm gonna have to call ODSP to close a "ghost account" thats stopping me from applying back to OW/ODSP and that apparently it'll take so long to unfuck that i won't have rent money on time :^)
August 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
scottdagostino.ca
There are dozens of alarming reasons not to re-elect Doug Ford but the one barely noticed, the one he PROUDLY REPEATED in the debate last night, is that he has increased the Ontario Disability Support Program at the rate of inflation. Increasing *poverty wages* by 5% is not a win 😡 #ONelxn
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) increases are inadequate - Open Council
The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) is managed by the Ontario government's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) governed by the ODSP Act. It is the largest MCCSS program. The majority of ODSP expenditures are for monthly allowances provided to individuals to cover basic needs such as food…
opencouncil.ca
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
alinacameron.bsky.social
This week marked the 6th anniversary of Doug Ford & Lisa MacLeod demolishing the Ontario Autism Program. There are still OVER 50K autistic children waitlisted for support.

Ask the Ontario provincial election candidates why.

#50KIsNotOK #onpoli #onted #onlab #WeHaveReceipts #DontLookAwayOntario
OAC statement (condensed): FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2025-2-6 6 Yrs Later: Ontario Autism Program Promises Broken Today marks 6 yrs since the announcement of the Ford Government’s plans for the OAP; a file that sat stagnant & seemingly forgotten since Ford had taken office. The former Minister of Children Community & Social Services (MCCSS), Lisa MacLeod announced a complete program overhaul describing a situation that abandoned families & blocked access to early intervention. The Minister declared the state of the waitlist “unconscionable:” 23,000 children/youth “languishing” & waiting upwards to 2 yrs for necessary services. Despite initial promises to “clear the waitlist,” reduce wait times & connect families with funding for therapy, Feb 6 remains an anniversary unworthy of celebration. Today, despite a government claim to have delivered a program designed “by the community, for the community,” the waitlist number once deemed “unconscionable” has now more than doubled in size & the government’s self-described “needs-based” program layers age on top of need as criteria to issue funding. The rate at which children are coming off the waitlist is exceeded by that of those joining it. More than 50K children/youth continue to wait for an invitation to access Core Clinical Services. Whereas new, smaller, limited-time programs have been introduced for some, access to ongoing, individualized, clinical supports are wholly out of reach. Our community remains in crisis, many with yrs left to wait for clinical therapy & without an estimated wait time. The OAC reminds the Minister that the OAP is a time-sensitive file & new offerings for preschool-aged children do not benefit others who have already spent 5 years on a waitlist for clinical services. We continue to call on the Premier & MCCSS to make urgent improvements that eliminate discriminatory assessment criteria, address countless systemic barriers & direct adequate funding efficiently to the core services that matter most
February 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ontspecialneeds.bsky.social
Please Share!

Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: It's Your Duty

#Ontario

Read more here: files.ontario.ca/pdf-3/mccss-...
August 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
tindizzy.bsky.social
But, nothing has been done and they’re still operational? 🤔

globalnews.ca/news/1131892...
Global NEWS Government documents reveal officials have had concerns about the company for years. Venture Academy's monitoring and licensing inspections from the past five years, conducted by Ontario's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) and obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, revealed the Ministry found 147 breaches of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act in 2024 and 2025 - including children not being informed of their rights, communication being monitored and a repeated lack of documentation. Global has also learned that there have been at least four allegations of sexual assault from youth connected to Venture going back to 2010.
August 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
fuzzyorange61.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sa...
Save the FASD Ontario Website
We learned in December that MCCSS will be cutting all the funding for the Health Nexus FASD Ontario website https://fasdinfotsaf.ca/. This bilingual website, launched in 2018, has become a trusted sou...
you.leadnow.ca
March 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
betofaria.bsky.social
This week the over 50k unassisted families “celebrated” the 6th anniversary of the destruction of the autism program in Ontario by Doug Ford and the Conservative government.

50K families waiting for any type of support. #NeverConservative

Letter by the @ontautism.bsky.social
Letter by the ONTARIO AUTISM COALITION February 6, 2025 Six Years Later: Ontario Autism Program Promises Broken Today marks six (6) years since the 2019 announcement of the Ford Government's plans for the Ontario Autism Program; a file that sat stagnant and seemingly forgotten since Premier Ford had taken office the previous summer. The former Minister of Children Community and Social Services (MCCSS). Lisa MacLeod announced a complete program overhaul describing a situation that abandoned families and blocked access to early intervention. The Minister declared the state of the waitlist "unconscionable:" 23,000 children and youth "languishing" and waiting upwards to 2 years for necessary services. Despite initial promises to "clear the waitlist," reduce wait times and connect families with funding for therapy, February 6 remains an anniversary unworthy of celebration. Today, despite Minister Parsa's claim to have delivered a program designed "by the community, for the community," the waitlist number once deemed "unconscionable" has now more than doubled in size and the government's self-described "needs-based" program layers age on top of need as criteria to issue funding. After six years, children with registration dates the same six years ago are now receiving funding, however the rate at which they are coming off the waitist is exceeded by that of those joining it. The waitlist is far from 'clear, the program a far cry from 'needs-based' and the future for the community, bleak. More than 50,000 children and youth who have registered for the Ontario Autism Program continue to wait for an invitation to access Core Clinical Services: direct funding to help purchase life-changing therapy in the private sector, assuming it is available. Whereas new, smaller, limited-time programs have been introduced for some, access to ongoing, individualized, clinical supports are wholly out of reach. This is not good enough. Our community remains in crisis, many with years left to…
February 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
laurenre.id
Chelsea provided specific examples of how the Ontario MCCSS is using Indigenous Data without consultation, and disregarding opposition from rights holders. They’re doing this under the guise of privacy, and with no respect for the principles of OCAP®. She lists 3 specific calls to action. #databack
Quote from Chelsea Nakogee: Before we can talk about Indigenous Data Sovereignty, I think we have to acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty, period, and their inherent rights as nations and peoples prior to colonization. This means acknowledging that the western way is not always the right way, and that a one-size-fits-all approach cannot always be taken.
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
djno.ca
This week is another tough one as the Ontario Government wages war on the working class as the government moves to pass: Bill 25—which will give the MCCSS Minister the power to make political directives for social service agencies.
The image is a graphic divided into three vertical sections, each with a different background color: orange on the left, dark blue in the center, and black on the right. At the top, a purple section with white text reads "This Week, Ontario will begin passing:" with yellow triangular warning icons on either side. The left section, with an orange background, contains black text about Bill 25. The central section has a dark blue background with multicolored text about Bill 60. The right section, with a black background, features white text about Bill 33.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
djno.ca
Friends, the Ontario Government is already threatening MCCSS-funded agencies with the implications of Bill 238, the Emergency Management Modernization Act. We've published the core info and some commentary! 1/3
Slide 1: On a green rectangle with darker green border, the Ontario logo. ...followed by the text "has, already, issued it’s first threats over MCCSS Funding, warning non-profits and agencies about the implications of the proposed Bill 238 (aka ‘the Emergency Management Modernization Act’). Slide 2: On the same background and border with the Ontario logo. …followed by the text “If passed, Bill 238 would amend the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to strengthen provincial emergency management coordination and leadership and support enhanced community emergency management capacity to ensure Ontario is ready for the challenges of today and the future. It would also authorize binding directives to be made to specified entities providing community and social services funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.” Black text highlighted yellow: In context, binding directives to agencies and municipalities is very worrying. This means ideological edicts from the Province can override local decision-making and curb support for community initiatives from non-profits, service providers, and cities to support our unhoused neighbours.
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 AM
balancesscs.bsky.social
Families -

If you have questions about the #OAP. please go to the MCCSS website, PM your Care Coordinator or even reach out to us

This info is incorrect. Diagnostic assessments are NOT eligible under Core Clinical Services (direct funding)

#HamOnt #autism
Infographic on private autism assessments in Hamilton. Highlights include costs of $2,200-$3,800, a wait time of 2-6 weeks, and OAP funding eligibility Image is a screen capture from the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services website. It shows a list of the expenses that are considered ineligible under OAP Core Clinical Services
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
djno.ca
MCCSS is actively going to have powers that overstep the limits of good governance and stride into political interference in cities, service providers, and non-profits under funding threats 2/3
Slide 3: On the same background and border with the Ontario logo. …followed by the text “If passed, Bill 238 would amend the Ministry of Community and Social Services Act to: Enable the minister to issue direction to ministry funded service providers regarding extraordinary matters which may include extreme weather events or natural disasters, interruptions to essential services, or other matters of public interest.” Black text highlighted yellow: Here is one of the additional sticking points to us: what is the limit or bounds of “other matters of public interest”—will this too not just become a measure of ideological conformity for service providers? What happens if the Minister wants to act against gender-affirming care, migrant services, or drug users (again) in Ministry-funded spaces? Slide 4: On the same background and border with the Ontario logo. …followed by the text “If passed, Bill 238 would amend the Ministry of Community and Social Services Act to: Set out compliance and enforcement measures for non-compliance with the minister’s direction. This would include the ability for the minister to issue a compliance order if an entity fails to comply with a directive, reduce or terminate funding for failure to comply with a compliance order, as well as establish an offence for knowingly contravening a compliance order and a penalty of a fine upon conviction.” Black text highlighted yellow: And the clearest threat: setting out a system of compliance to more tightly control cities and service providers under the pain of having funding revoked or reduced, as the draft Legislation shows this expands to a threat to Board Members and individual staff too.
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 AM
flowersforaerith.bsky.social
at this point i'm so familiar with MCCSS on-hold music that if you handed me a saxophone i could probably play it note-for-note
August 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
chantalsback.bsky.social
FYI to Minister of CHILDREN, community and Social Services Michael Parsa, YOU need to understand YOUR tone in the legislature is very triggering for our families after the 2019 MCCSS (Lisa Mac) caused many of us PTSD with her awful behaviour.

Doug Ford is awful.

Also please STOP LYING! 🤥
#ONpoli
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
serveleadchange.bsky.social
In 2025 Ontario with hundreds of millions of $$$ for alcohol in convenience stores early, in time for an early election, why is Ontario govt cutting vital fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD) info? Please consider signing this petition as I did to help keep this available!
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sa...
Save the FASD Ontario Website
We learned in December that MCCSS will be cutting all the funding for the Health Nexus FASD Ontario website https://fasdinfotsaf.ca/. This bilingual website, launched in 2018, has become a trusted sou...
you.leadnow.ca
February 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
woodviewmhas.bsky.social
Project ImPACT is a FREE early intervention caregiver coaching program that will make you feel empowered to support your child with ASD! 💙 If you've received an invitation letter from MCCSS call 289-527-5306 or projectimpact@woodview.ca

Project ImPACT is offered in partnership by ROCK & Woodview!
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "Toronto Argonauts"
By: amiller2 on Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Interval House of Hamilton Partners With the Hamilton Tiger-cats, Toronto Argonauts, and the Ottawa Redblacks to Tackle Gender-based Violence Through Prevention and Mentorship Programs
Hamilton, ON – TUESDAY JUNE 24TH — Interval House of Hamilton (IHOH) is proud to announce the next chapter in the provincial rollout of gender-based violence prevention programs following major funding from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS). This milestone builds on the early advocacy of MPP Jess Dixon, who championed the […]
www.argonauts.ca
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
heatherjfs.bsky.social
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sa...
Save the FASD Ontario Website
We learned in December that MCCSS will be cutting all the funding for the Health Nexus FASD Ontario website https://fasdinfotsaf.ca/. This bilingual website, launched in 2018, has become a trusted sou...
you.leadnow.ca
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
balancesscs.bsky.social
Attn Ontario families of autistic children:

Read about some of the things that you can do & apply for while waiting for #OAP Core Clinical Services funding on our website

Link www.balancehamilton.ca/post/what-to...

#HamOnt #autism #OntarioAutism #OntarioAutismProgram #MCCSS
Heading reads "What to do while waiting for core clinical services" Under the heading is a list of checked items Text reads: "Access the free programs in the OAP. Apply for other financial assistance resources. Connect with your regional SmartStart Hub or Children's Treatment Centre. Research public & private providers in your area & get onto waitlists. Check out Autism Ontario's workshops & social opportunities. Learn about autism and neurodiversity" Under the text is the Balance SSCS website address Branded Balance SSCS logo is in bottom left corner]
May 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
balancesscs.bsky.social
More misinfo from the same website

Preschool speech & language services are funded by MCCSS (not OHIP), go up to age 4 (or when they enter JK). Families register thru their regional Children's Treatment Centres (NOT school boards)
Image is a screen capture from a website listing what services families can access while waiting for OAP Core Clinical Services such as preschool speech and language services However, some of the information is incorrect
March 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
balancesscs.bsky.social
See our infographic & explanation of the different parts of the #OAP here:

www.canva.com/design/DAG0a...

#HamOnt #autism #MCCSS
Infographic created by Peel Autism Resource and Balance Support & Self Care Studios explaining the different parts of the Ontario Autism Program - Core Clinical Services, Foundational Family Services, Caregiver Mediated Early Years Programs, Entry to School Program, Urgent Response Services
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
balancesscs.bsky.social
Has your child been recently diagnosed with autism and you're wondering what the next steps are?

Check out our infographic in our blog!

www.balancehamilton.ca/post/accessi...

#HamOnt #autism #OAP #MCCSS
Accessing Ontario Autism Funding & Services Infographic
Accessing autism funding and services in Ontario infographic
www.balancehamilton.ca
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
balancesscs.bsky.social
Had it not been for the pandemic, believe things would be much further along

However the OAP isn't without its issues (which we have spoken to MCCSS about)

But it's the first program that had input from #ActuallyAutistic adults & has more robust offerings than its predecessor 3/3
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
balancesscs.bsky.social
This July, the maximum monthly amount of funding for families through the ACSD program will increase by 2.8% to $665 per child.

For more information, visit:

ontario.ca/ACSD

#ONpoli #MCCSS #disability #autism
A smiling child in a wheelchair holds hands with an adult woman, both joyful. Text reads, "Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities rate increase". The Government of Ontario's "Protect Ontario" logo is in lower right corner
May 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM