Ontario. Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2004-

      History

      The Social Assistance and Employment Opportunities Division was responsible for providing management support and operational assistance in the delivery of social assistance programs to Regional Offices, and District Social Services Administration Boards. In 2004 the division reorganized and the functions were taken over by Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch.

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch is responsible for providing management support and operational assistance to Regional Offices, Consolidated Municipal Service Delivery Managers and District Social Services Administration Boards. SAMO is responsible for providing management support to the delivery of social assistance programs and overseeing the following ministry programs: Ontario Disability Support Program; Ontario Works; Child Care; Employment Supports; Service Delivery Model; Disability Adjucation; Fraud Hotline; Homelessness; Provincial Municipal Liaison; Ontario Works Support Arrangement Services.

      The Ontario Disability Support Program Office and the Disability Adjudication Unit, which fall under the direction of the Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branchm are responsible for the delivery of the Ontario Disability Support Program and the management of the disability adjudication case files.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2004-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Social Assistance and Employment Opportunities Division (1993-2004)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1947

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Social Assistance and Employment Opportunities Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Social Assistance and Municipal Operations Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1958

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 2004-2005; http://www.infogo.gov.on.ca/english/index.html

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Solovitch / Bokovay