Can I appeal a decision about ODSP?
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Long delays for appeal hearings
If you’re appealing a decision made by OW or ODSP in 2020, your appeal hearing may not happen for a long time. People report that they’re getting hearing dates from the that are between 9 and 16 months in the future. We’ll update this information as things change.
You may be able to appeal to the Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT) if you get a decision from your local Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) office or from the :
- refusing to give you
- reducing the amount of income support you get
- cutting off your income support
- saying that you have an
To appeal means that you ask the SBT to decide that the decision is wrong.
The SBT is not part of ODSP and has the power to make a different decision.
Asking for an internal review
Before you can appeal a decision about ODSP income support to the SBT, you must ask for an of the decision. If the decision was that you’re not a person with a disability, you ask the Disability Adjudication Unit for an internal review. For other decisions, you ask your local ODSP office.
In an internal review, someone in the office that made the decision reviews it and decides whether or not to change it. This is a different person than the one who made the decision that you disagree with.
