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Dispatches from the Land of Nod

Why the caged bird sings.

• Ministry of Community and Social Services
  
  • Ontario Works
    
    • Ontario Works Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, CHAPTER 25 SCHEDULE A
    • Ontario Works Act, 1997 ONTARIO REGULATION 134/98
    • Social Assistance ("Welfare")
      • Gateway assistance: low-income job subsidization
      • Canada child benefit
      • Ontario Child benefit - maximum of $1,356 per child per year
      • Ontario Trillium benefit
  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
    
    • Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, CHAPTER 25 SCHEDULE B
    • Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, ONTARIO REGULATION 222/98
  • Of note: Bill 27, Social Assistance Programs Consolidation Act, 2013
• Negative income tax (guaranteed annual income)
  
  • Income effect
  • Substitution effect
  • Mincome
• Ministry of Children and Youth Services
  
  • District School Boards
  • Open Custody
  • Open Detention
  • Non-Residential Attendance Centre Program (NRAC)
  • Foster care
• Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  
  • Housing Services Act, 2011, S.O. 2011, CHAPTER 6, SCHEDULE 1
    • Housing Services Act, 2011, ONTARIO REGULATION 298/01
    • Housing Services Act, 2011, ONTARIO REGULATION 367/11
  • Social Housing and Reform Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, CHAPTER 27
  • Service Managers
  • The Housing Services Corporation
• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  • Local Health Integration Networks
    
    • Hospitals
    • Long-Term Care Homes
    • Community Care Access Centre
    • Mental Health Agencies
    • Community Health Centres
    • Community Support Services
    • Addictions Agencies
    • Assisted Living Services
• Community housing
• Safe injection and methadone
• Baby bouncing
• The Welfare Shuffle
• The Crack Ho Conundrum
• Broken Windows theory
• Monopsony
• Social disorganization theory
• Resource competition theories
• Defended community perspective
• Photography Is Not A Crime