2016 Ontario Budget: Jobs for Today and Tomorrow
Finance Minister Charles Sousa recently released the 2016 Ontario Budget: Jobs for Today and Tomorrow and we find in it provisions affecting people with disabilities.
Here are some of the highlights:
Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
The Province has taken a number of steps to better support people with disabilities by helping them connect to the labour market and engaging and supporting employers.
Autism Services
The government is investing $333 million over ve years to redesign and consolidate autism services in Ontario so that more children and youth receive critical interventions sooner and achieve improved outcomes through services that are better matched to their needs.
Special Needs Strategy
Ontario is committed to providing comprehensive resources and support for children and youth with special and complex needs.
Developmental Services
In Budget 2016, we continue the work of investing the $810 million committed in Budget 2014 in the community and developmental services system over three years. This investment will help people to be fully included in the fabric of communities and live as independently as possible.
Social Assistance
Ontario will continue to work with people with lived experience and delivery partners to modernize the delivery of social assistance, better integrate services and reduce unnecessary intrusion into clients’ lives.
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2016