Ontario Works in Peel announces holiday office closure in effect

Ontario Works in Peel offices and the Employment Resource Centres, located at 21 Coventry Rd. in Brampton, 6715 Millcreek Dr. in Mississauga, and Peel Youth Village at 99 Acorn Place in Mississauga, are closed for the holidays.

The offices will re-open at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 2.

While the offices are closed, clients in need of immediate assistance or who have an emergency are asked to contact the Ontario Works After Hours Hotline at (905) 791-7800. Clients with nonemergency situations are asked to contact Ontario Works in Peel when the offices re-open in January.

Throughout the closure, Ontario Works in Peel clients can check the status of their payments by accessing the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System at 1-800-808-2268 from a touch-tone phone.

The Human Services department, established in June 2007, provides services that support full participation by all residents in the economic, social and cultural life of Peel Region, in particular by providing a continuum of supports for vulnerable or at-risk members of the community. The department's divisions include Ontario Works, Children's Services, Early Years Integration, Social Housing (Peel Living), and Social Housing Policy and Programs.