Ministry of Children,
Community Services and Social Services
Social Assistance Programs Division
Social Assistance Performance and Accountability Branch
Director's Office
2 Bloor Street West, 25th Floor
Toronto Ontario M7A 1E9
September 6, 2024
Donna Stewart
Associate/Chief Administrative Officer
Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
210 Mead Blvd
Espanola, ON P5E 1R9
Dear Donna,
I am writing to inform you of the 2025 Ontario Works Program Delivery Funding (PDF) planning allocations for Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) in the amount of $1,221,500, with details in Appendix A.
The ministry is no longer holding Ontario Works delivery partners’ funding at their 2018 expenditure actuals. Instead, given the steady rise in caseloads, the ministry is reinstating the previous funding model with a few modifications to better address evolving needs.
The ministry has updated 2025 notional PDF allocations, as per the model, using monthly average caseloads from October 2022 to September 2024 (actual caseloads from October 2022 to June 2024 and projected caseloads from July 2024 to September 2024). 2025 funding has been adjusted to account for the applicable transfers related to the Employment Services Transformation (EST), including those sites that will begin Phase 3.
As in prior years, MCCSS will continue to provide an opportunity for one-time funding requests (i.e., related to EST transition and transformation costs, etc.). The new criteria will be communicated closer to 2025.
The ministry will soon provide details on the 2025 Ontario Works Service Planning Guidelines, including outcomes and performance measure targets set by the ministry.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jeff Bowen
c: Brian Krmpotic, Program Supervisor
Nancy Sauve, Director, Social Assistance Service Delivery – Central, East & North
Regions
Colleen Hardie, Director, Social Assistance Service Delivery – West and Toronto
Regions
Sunny Sharma, Director, Business Innovation and Implementation Branch
Appendix A: 2025 Ontario Works Planning Allocation by Program Component
| Program Component | Program | Planning Allocation-Ministry Share |
| Program Delivery Fund - 100% Provincial* | Ontario Works Employment Assistance |
$277,000 |
| Program Delivery Fund - 50/50 Funding | Ontario Works Administration | $944,500 |
| Total | $1,221,500 |