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• Electronic Press Kit Now Available: Ontario to Implement Needs-Based Autism Program In-Line with Advisory Panel's Advice

  December 17, 2019 5:00 P.M.

  Download an electronic press kit, including video ...

  Media advisory | Children, Community and Social Services

• Implementation Working Group and Services Align with Ontario Autism Program Advisory Panel Recommendations

  December 17, 2019 12:30 P.M.

  The new Ontario Autism Program will offer a range of services and interventions designed to respond to the individual needs of children and their families. These services are in alignment with t...

  Backgrounder | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ontario to Implement Needs-Based Autism Program In-Line with Advisory Panel's Advice

  December 17, 2019 12:30 P.M.

  TORONTO — Today, the Ontario government announced it is adopting the Ontario Autism Panel’s key recommendations for a needs-based autism program. The program recognizes that every fa...

  News release | Children, Community and Social Services

• Minister of Children, Community and Social Services to Make an Announcement

  December 16, 2019 4:30 P.M.

  Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, will make an announcement.

  Media advisory | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ontario Looking for Innovative Ideas on How to Help Reduce Poverty

  December 16, 2019 9:00 A.M.

  TORONTO — The Ontario government wants to hear from people across the province about what they want to see in the next poverty reduction strategy.

  News release | Children, Community and Social Services

• The Honourable Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services today issued the following statement to mark International Human Rights Day

  December 10, 2019 10:15 A.M.

  TORONTO — "December 10, International Human Rights Day, recalls the day in 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  Statement | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ontario Advances National Conversation to Fight Human Trafficking

  December 4, 2019 6:00 P.M.

  Victoria, B.C. —This week, Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister for Children and Women’s Issues, met with Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) counterparts in Victoria, British Columbia t...

  News release | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ontario Supporting Inclusion and Accessibility in Whitby

  November 8, 2019 1:00 P.M.

  WHITBY — Ontario is investing $1.07 million in 2019-20 to support the Abilities Centre in Whitby to advance inclusion and accessibility for people of all ages and abilities.

  News release | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ministers to Make an Announcement

  November 7, 2019 9:00 P.M.

  Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, along with Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Raymond Cho, Minister fo...

  Media advisory | Children, Community and Social Services

• Statement from Minister Smith on Receiving the Autism Advisory Panel's Report

  October 30, 2019 10:30 A.M.

  TORONTO — Today, Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, issued the following statement after receiving the Autism Advisory Panel's report on recommendations for a...

  Statement | Children, Community and Social Services