***Please forward widely*** "Failing the Homeless" report on Barriers to ODSP Access NOW AVAILABLE On Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Street Health released a report on barriers to accessing the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for homeless people with disabilities. The report, entitled "Failing the Homeless: Barriers in the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for Homeless People with Disabilities," shows how Ontario disability benefits are failing homeless people with disabilities. The ODSP is intended to assist low-income people with disabilities, but many disabled homeless people are unable to access this program. Among the many important project findings and outcomes, these are some of the most staggering: -100% of study participants were eligible for the ODSP, but 0% were receiving benefits when they enrolled in the project -100% of eligible participants NEEDED HELP accessing ODSP benefits -100% of homeless participants who successfully secured ODSP benefits were ABLE TO SECURE HOUSING "Failing the Homeless" also identifies key barriers and delays in the ODSP system for homeless people. It makes clear and feasible recommendations for how to improve access to ODSP benefits for homeless people with disabilities. The Failing the Homeless full and summary reports are now available on the Street Health website at: <http://www.streethealth.ca/>www.streethealth.ca. Please contact Erika Khandor at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] for more information or to request a paper copy of the report. Erika Khandor Research and Evaluation Coordinator Street Health 338 Dundas Street East Toronto, ON M5A 2A1 Phone: 416-921-8668 ext. 237 Fax: 416-921-5233 Email: [log in to unmask] ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html