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Did you know? Special Diet Allowance Changes for Ontario Works participants

Saturday May 7th, 2011, 10:45am

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Effective April 1st, 2011, changes have been made to the Special Diet Allowance (SDA) and Pregnancy / Breast feeding Nutritional Allowance (PBFNA) schedules for the Ontario Works recipients. This includes the schedule of eligible medical conditions and rates. Effective July 31st, 2011, the current Special Diet process, forms and benefits end and are replaced by the new SDA and PBFNA, this meaning that a recipient can not receive both the old and the new benefit at the same time. Current Special Diet (SD) recipients can now apply under the schedule any time; in order to avoid disruption to their payment, a current SDA recipient must submit a new completed application form to their caseworker by July 2011.

Key changes to the Special Diet Schedule

– the eligibility criteria for some conditions change and some will be removed from the schedule including egg allergy, soy allergy and chronic constipation.

– the new form aligns conditions with similar medically required diets – where more than one condition is identified, the recipient will receive the higher benefit cap

– there will be now two forms: Special Diet Allowance and Pregnancy / Breast feeding Nutritional Allowance

The maximum allowance per person remains capped at $250 per person per  month. Current recipients should be booking appointments with their health care professionals to have the new form competed as soon as possible.

Key changes to the application form

– the health care professional’s confirmation has been expanded

– form now includes a consent for applicants to sign for the release of relevant medical information

– information from the health care professional may be required to confirm recipients’ eligibility for the special diet

– client’s medical records will not be requested or reviewed by the social assistance caseworkers

– caseworkers will process the application from upon receipt to the Ontario Works office

The Pregnancy / Breast feeding Nutritional Allowance form which is currently ‘combined with the SDA application form , effective immediately,  it will have a standalone form.

The form completion fee is $20, physicians completing the SDA and / or PBFNA application form can continue to bill through OHIP, other approved health care professionals can submit an invoice for payment to the local OW or ODSP office.

Information on the new changes is also available on the ministry’s website here.

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