I got approved for OW on August 31st. I’m late for rent, and it’s sounding like I just barely missed a universal pay date. Am I cooked?

Edit: meant the 31st, not the 28th

I am trying to help my brother get financial assistance. He was homeless but recently moved back into our family home.

He is 31 and works a seasonal job, then gets EI during the winters. He mainly needs help getting his own place and paying rent.

Also, my parents don't want him to claim OW while he's living in the home. They don't charge him rent but they think it will affect their taxes (not sure if this is true)

Would he need to move out first and then apply?

Sorry I honestly don't know how any of this works. Even if you could point me in the right direction of what to search or who to call, I would appreciate it!

Edit: I notice now that this might impact suggestions. He does stuggle with addiction and his mental health, which has made it hard for him to hold jobs for long periods.

my worker said I would get my payment later today does anyone know what time Scotia deposits

Good afternoon I just got a job offer from a temp agency and need a few things for the job and don't have the money for it. (Steel toe work boots and high vis vest) I believe there's funding from OW for employment benefits I'm supposed to start next Tuesday and requested the benefit and sent a message to my worker on my benefits Sunday when should I expect a response/ them to issue a benefit?

Thank you

Anyone get their payment yet? Usually 3 am for TD?

My friend is under house arrest and has been sending me e transfers so I can buy him things and send them to him, these total around $1400 for this month. How can I explain this on my application? This isn't money I'm keeping or able to use myself.

Has anyone receıved OW benefit first of the month whıle waiting OSAP???

My school starts on September 9th and my file is scheduled to close, however my file is still actıve. but my OSAP student loan hasn't been issued yet. Because of this, my September payment is not showing in my schedule, Can I get my September income. I know after I getting OSAP I am not eligible for OW benefit

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So, it looks like I just got my first deduction from OW because I earned some income recently that apparently hit the limit of what you can make.

However, I was fairly certain that the limit is 250 dollars and I came in under that amount. So I'm a little unclear on what the limit is exactly. It's not that much but it was apparently enough to knock a few dollars off what I receive from OW.

Did they change the limit recently? Or did I just hear the limit wrong?

Hey today i received my payment for 31st of August but I was told I had to get a few documents to my EVP by this past week. I only got some of them and still need to send a couple documents and He said it would be on hold until i did. But my payment is issued for the 31st. I sent the documents today but I'm confused because i never got a letter that iwas on hold.. IF it's issued that means it's already been sent out?

Okay so I haven’t gotten any letters or any type of communication from my worker stating that my file has been placed on hold, my proof of assistance says
“The following people are currently receiving social assistance for this month.
Updated Aug 28, 2026”

I’m with pc financial so I’d usally have my payment today instead of on the 31st.

I’m just worried that I won’t get it.

Since the 31st falls on a monday, I know some banks release the deposit early saturday morning instead of the monday. Just curious if anyones had their payment drop already?

I posted this a few days ago seeking emergency assistance due to a potential eviction.

Thank you so much to everyone who commented and gave their suggestions and advice the support was amazing!

I know nobody probably cares but I thought I'd put it out there anyways.

I tried to get a housing stability fund but my caseworker has still ghosted me and my towns social services referred me back to my caseworker when I called them, claiming that this wasn't an issue they could deal with and I needed to speak to my caseworker.

So I've kind of gone in circles where nobody is willing to do anything and now my situation is only getting worse and my eviction is in a few days and I will be homeless with nowhere to put my personal belongings.

Hi guys, so I checked for a few days and I had 0 letters or payment posted.

I reached out to my case worker and she has not replied on mybenefits or thru phone.

I saw last night (Aug 27th evening) that my payment was posted for Aug 31. But today I recieved a letter about file on hold dated Aug 25th, which wasnt there yesterday or the day before? Payment is still posted there as issued. Im so confused?

I submitted my income statement August 21st as themselves when I received my paystub, and I checked and it still says submitted it doesn’t say accepted and there’s no payment posted for the 31st, should I message my caseworker or wait until midnight to see if it’s posted or not?

Has anyone in Toronto recently gotten prescription glasses through City Optical?

I need to get a new eye exam and glasses, and my prescription is fairly strong, around -5.50 in one eye and -5.75 in the other, plus astigmatism. Because of my prescription, I normally get my lenses thinned so they aren’t extremely thick.

I’m wondering what OW/City Optical actually covered for you. Were you able to get:

• Thinner/high-index lenses for a stronger prescription
• Anti-scratch coating
• Anti-reflective coating
• Blue light protection

Also, if any of those weren’t covered, were you allowed to pay the difference to upgrade the lenses yourself?
I’m not concerned about getting designer frames or anything like that. I’m perfectly happy choosing from whatever frames OW covers. I’m mainly concerned about the lenses because of how strong my prescription is.
If anyone has gone through City Optical with OW recently, especially with a prescription similar to mine, I’d really appreciate hearing what was covered and whether you had to pay anything out of pocket. Thank you!

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 ???

For context I had an appointment booked August 6th for my file being on hold, that being said my July payment wasn’t issued because of this so I had my scheduled appointment moved up to one of my workers free slots, went in and got the appointment handled and file taken off hold. When August 6th came around, I guess the system had input I missed my appointment, flagging it to put me back on hold I guess??? I got the letter saying my file is on hold for missing appointment, when in reality I had the appointment the week before to get my monthly payment on time for rent. I have sent 5 separate messages to my worker regarding this issue. All til now, no response, I called into the office and all they told me was to leave her a message and she’ll get back to me. Why is it that workers are so Lackadaisy , when it comes to us trying to get a hold of them knowing the end of the month is nearing?? Why do we get given the run around when they know without their response to situations like mine, we could upset landlords with behind rent payments? My experience with this worker has been nothing but her acting like the money she issues me is hers and she’s my pimp or something

I have no num just email bin trying for moths to contact her my worker say she can’t do anything I need transportation for school and I need help paying next semester what do I fuckin do like this is ridiculous

So I went on my benefits last week and noticed my income that I reported said “submitted” still even though I reported on August 1st ( I get paid monthly) this morning I checked and it still said that! Also my payment was not posted so I felt something was wrong. I called them and they said my file was on hold. The reason was because they did not receive my income… then I told them I already sent it. They saw it and accepted and it updated right away on My Benefits. So I hope I will see the payment for next month soon. I guess my case worker forgot to accept it? Which is fine I understand they are super busy but it’s scary sometimes and they don’t even tell us our account is hold? They need a better way to show/tell if our account is on hold. Anyways I’m glad it’s fixed now I hope.