Quick facts

Service type: Financial Empowerment
Eligibility: Toronto residents living on low incomes and facing financial challenges. This includes (but is not limited to): older adults, newcomers to Canada, students, individuals with disabilities and individuals who are unemployed.
Delivery: In-person and/or by phone
Fee: Free
Program dates: Year-round

Program description

Free counselling for low-income clients, including those with trouble accessing government benefits and/or banking services, money management issues, or general financial questions. Clients meet one-on-one with registered social workers who specialize in financial counselling.

 

WoodGreen’s Financial Empowerment team can help with:

 

  • Accessing and restoring government benefits
  • Debt management
  • Savings tools and options
  • Banking
  • Budgeting
  • Improving credit
  • Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP) application

 

As an OESP intake agency, our Social Workers can support you with submitting your OESP application.

Financial Foundations

Supporting Resources

Debt Management Guide

To learn more about debt management download this resource below.

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Program Testimonials

Anonymous

Client

"I feel I’m back in control. I can see the future now. I don’t feel so hopeless.”

Anonymous

Client

“I found WoodGreen’s financial counsellor to be very supportive, caring, knowledgeable and efficient. I can now look forward to a better financial future because of the help received from this program.”

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Registration

 

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Contact information

Financial Empowerment Program General Contact

(416) 645-6000 ext. 1330
[email protected]

Location

815 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, ON
M4J 1L2

Hours

Hours vary; contact us for more information.

Partners

• United Way Greater Toronto’s Allan Slaight Seniors Fund
• The Sprott Foundation
• IRCC
• Prosper Canada – Ontario Financial Empowerment Champions project partner
• The Ontario Financial Empowerment Champions project is funded by the Government of Ontario
• Ontario Energy Board – WoodGreen is a designated OESP intake agency

 

 

 

 

 

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