• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Community Care Access Centres
• Government or Publicly-Funded Services
• Provider Organizations

The MOHLTC is the department of the Ontario government that is responsible for administering the health care system and providing health care services to the public through such programs as health insurance (OHIP), drug benefits, assistive devices, care for the mentally ill, long-term care, home and community support services, public health, health promotion and disease prevention. The MOHLTC also funds and regulates hospitals and long-term care homes, public health laboratories, co-ordinates emergency health services and operates psychiatric hospitals.

CCACS are the provincially-funded organizations providing information about the care options available in designated geographic areas. In 1996, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care established 43 Community Care Access Centres covering all of Ontario. CCACs serve as a local point of contact and service co-ordination. CCACs also determine eligibility for government-funded home and community support services and admission to a long-term care home.

These are the services that receive partial or 100% funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). In some cases the funding is administered via a CCAC, and other times the funding is administered directly by MOHLTC.

These are the corporations that deliver services to the client directly and/or operate a building where care is provided. These organizations are usually incorporated entities, and can be one of the following: a non-profit organization, a private corporation, a municipal government or an aboriginal organization.

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