HQSS against welfare funding cap

I’m physically disabled and draw ODSP (a branch of OW)… if a cap on the discretionary fund is imposed it could put many disabled people at risk. The discretionary fund is what many ODSP recipients depend on when their regular coverage doesn’t meet their medical needs. Additional funding for some medical procedures/aids is required in order to afford care. I waited for 3 years before I was approved for disability (even though I have a degenerative disease that will only get worse). While I was looking forward to a brighter future (living on OW was next to impossible, if you can imagine trying to live off under $600 each month)and am grateful for what I have, I had unrealistic expectations about being on ODSP. The increase in benefits in about $400 more each month ($400 that are greatly needed and appreciated mind you) … if you think about it… a single person can make it work… if they are willing to live a certain lifestyle. You might be able to have your own apartment, as long as you don’t also want a car, and if you can find something all inclusive for around $600- $650, (if you want a car you can always rent a room instead of having your own place -bye bye privacy-) then there’s groceries ($100 per month roughly, -unless you have a special diet then it could be up to $200- you get $10 extra for every medical condition you have that requires a special diet)… $55 for a bus pass… now your down to $195 for the month… that’s less than $50 per week to spend… remember you are disabled and need certain meds that may not be covered by ODSP… there goes another $50… down to $145 now…. then you have a fall, or get sick, or have a complication from your disease/disability… there goes the rest of your money…
Unless… -lucky for you- there’s a discretionary fund… because that complication or illness may get worse, and in a month’s time you may need to be hospitalized or have surgery…. See the problems a disabled person faces in order to make it work? Its especially when they’re already at risk for complications from their disease/disability in the first place. (Before anyone says that ODSP is different from OW, keep in mind ODSP is another branch of OW… they work together, and a person on ODSP must go to OW in order to receive discretionary funds, its not part of the ODSP program, therefore when they put a cap on the discretionary fund for people who draw OW… they are also capping people on ODSP… who may actually need that extra money to make it through.