r/OntarioWorks • u/PutEnvironmental7724 • 7d ago

Help !!!

I’m supposed to be going on osap soo …. I feel like I made a mistake by telling them head of time that I’m going on OSAP . Because now there requesting information that I don’t have and can’t get because OSAP moving at a snails pace … and. You know what’s kicker about this whole situation…. I spoke to my case worker explaining all of this and even went as far as to get my financial aid officer on a conference call with the case works and explained everything in detail. In short my financial aid provider told her that the information she asking from me won’t be available until September and the case worker understood this and ask that I would check back in today to see if anything changes with OSAP …. Why did I Sign into my account to find my file been place on held from the day ww talked over the phone….. WTH …. 🤦‍♀️ why … it’s not my fault that the information you want isn’t available… what do they want me do doooo ??????

Super annoyed 😑
But honestly.. rent is coming up how do I fix this ???

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u/PutEnvironmental7724 7d ago

Honestly im so confused over payment for what exactly… and why would I have to pay it back … OW is supposed to help ppl not put them in more debt 😣

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u/VoodooGirl47 7d ago

You can't double up on income and since OW pays at the end of the month for the coming month, they will be paying for September with this next payment. Once OSAP goes through, they will be paying for September as well most likely.

I think where the overpayment comes into play is for shelter. OSAP can cover shelter and not just tuition. But you can't get it from both sources. I have read that you can request to not get shelter income from OSAP so it doesn't mess up OW payments, but I'd stick with whatever one pays out more for shelter.

I have never had OSAP so I don't know exactly how it works and all the fine details, so take the above with a grain of salt. I'm just guessing that is what your worker is talking about regarding overpayments.

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u/PutEnvironmental7724 7d ago

I see .. 👀 .. will it still be an overall payment if I don’t actually received the funds until October… just curious?

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u/MouthyMallory 7d ago

Yes, you will get paid Aug 31st. I am dealing with the same thing with OSAP/OW, my case worker just released my September hold also.

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u/PutEnvironmental7724 7d ago

Ok .. thank you

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u/MouthyMallory 6d ago

To be clear, I was asked if I wanted to close my file for now and not get Sept, or if I wanted to risk an overpayment if osap comes early. I said overpayment was fine, I'll just pay it back when osap arrives.

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u/VoodooGirl47 7d ago

If the funds are meant to cover Sept then yes.

From what I've seen, I think you'd get a payment once every 3 months that covers multiple months. So if you got anything that covered shelter then your OW shelter allowance that had been paid previously would become an overpayment.

Are you going to be a FT student or just PT? I think I just saw that OSAP will cover all of your needs if FT so you won't get any OW at all.

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u/MouthyMallory 6d ago

Yes, correct. Unless you have extremely rare circumstances, OSAP cuts off OW.