A change in practice has meant 300 more adults with low incomes received emergency dental care this year, the mayor announced Monday. As part of the council-approved poverty reduction strategy, those on Ontario Works now have access to 23 city dental clinics run by Toronto Public Health instead of just five provincially-funded sites — a positive change Mayor John Tory said has no immediate impact on the annual budget. “This is the kind of collaborative, creative thinking that we’re going to have to use over and over again,” Tory said at one of the city clinics at the Scarborough Civic Centre. In May, the expansion of dental care was one of those initiatives. Last year, the city served 468 Ontario Works clients between January and July, according to a city release.

Source: thestar August 29, 2016 21:09 UTC