The directives are intended to provide the interpretation and application of legislative and policy requirements of the ODSP and to set out the minimum provincial requirements governing the delivery of the program. They are designed to guide provincial staff in the coordination and management of the ODSP to ensure consistent policy decisions across the province and accountability for those decisions. New directives will be issued as policies and regulations change. Color tabs divide the income support and employment supports directives. Income support directives have white tabs.
Employment supports directives have blue tabs.
A table of directives and a comprehensive subject index at the front of each section at the front of this manual are provided to help the reader quickly locate a specific topic of interest. The page numberings differs between the income support and the employment supports directives. Each directive has an assigned 6-digit number. The number is located at the top of the first page of each directive next to the name of the directive, and also on the bottom of every page of the directives. The first two numbers represent the section in which the directive is located.