Welcome to our "What's New" page!
HALCO Annual General Meeting
Our Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday September 24, 2008. If you would like information, please call our office.
Trillium Drug Program "TDP"renewal - July 2008
If you receive Trillium Drug Program assistance for your prescription medications but you have not received your 2008-09 TDP renewal letter, please click here for important information about the TDP benefit year which starts August 1, 2008.
HALCO news Spring 2008!
We are very pleased to announce the Spring 2008 edition of our newsletter
- please click here for HALCO news Spring 2008.
Criminal Law and HIV info sheets
The
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has five new information sheets on the criminalization of HIV in Canada. Please click here for a link to the Legal Network's website.
NEW Ontario Child Benefit "OCB"
If you are a parent with dependent child/children: be sure to on time in order to qualify for the new Ontario Child Benefit "OCB" for low income families. Click here for more information.
Paralegal Regulation
The Law Society of Upper Canada (“LSUC”) is now responsible for regulating the paralegal profession in Ontario. Anyone providing legal services in Ontario must be licensed by the LSUC, be exempt, or have applied for a paralegal license. For more information, please visit the Law Society of Upper Canada website: www.lsuc.on.ca/paralegals or call the LSUC at telephone
416-947-3315 / toll-free 1-800-668-7380. For our Paralegal Regulation and Community Agencies in Ontario summary of some of the implications of the new paralegal regime for community agency workers, please click here [revised in June 2008].
ODSP/OW Special Diet Allowance
-If you are HIV+ and receiving ODSP or OW, please click here.
-Special Diet Update for AIDS Service Organizations, please click here.
HALCO's Rights & Dignity Partners provide invaluable support - Please click here for more information!
Remember:
-the law and policies/practices can change.
-each situation is different so if you have a question or problem, we recommend that you get legal advice about your situation.
-you can call our office, your local legal clinic or a lawyer.
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