How to apply?
NEW!!!!
Residents of the County of Simcoe can now apply for social assistance online. The online application for Social Assistance is:
- Confidential
- Convenient - applicants can access it from the privacy of their own home or from any computer with an internet connection
- Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- More accessible for people with disabilities
- Available in English and French
To apply for social assistance online please go to www.ontario.ca/socialassistance.
Residents can also apply for Ontario Works assistance or Temporary Care assistance by contacting the County of Simcoe Integrated Services Unit a (705) 722-3132 or if you live in the Beeton area (905) 729-4514 and follow the auto attendant prompts. You will be asked some basic personal information and an appointment will be set up in a local office to meet with a caseworker who will complete the balance of the application. The interview may take up to 2 hours to complete. As such, we ask that whenever possible you not bring children with you to the interview. Assistance with child care costs is available. Please speak with the caseworker at the time of the interview about this. For more information please see the How to Apply for Ontario Works brochure.
If you are calling to apply for assistance with Domiciliary Care or Funerals and Burials please call the County of Simcoe Ontario Works Department at (705) 722-3132 or if you live in the Beeton area (905) 729-4514. At the main greeting press 3 and follow the auto attendant prompts.
If you are calling to apply for Assistance for Residents who are not on Social Assistance please call 705-722-3132, extension 1109 or from the Beeton area 905-729-4514 extension 1109.