Income Assistance

Table of Contents

	Click on links below	CIDM	Version	Issue Date
	Cover Page	561812	6	Jun 2011
	Table of Contents	381259	34	Jun 2012
	Definitions	381261	10	Jun 2011
	Contacts and Resources	1608763	4	Jun 2011
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1	Introduction to this Manual	346644	13	Jun 2011
1.2	Policy Overview	346851	3	Aug 2004
1.3	Program Administration	346857	4	Aug 2009
1.4	Funding Arrangements	346900	3	Jan 2002
1.5	Rights and Responsibilities of Applicants and Recipients	346913	3	Jan 2002
Chapter 2 Program Administration
2.1	Social Assistance Files	346916	5	Jun 2011
2.2	Payment of Benefits	346932	3	Aug 2004
2.3	Overpayments and Recoveries	346950	1	Aug 2004
2.4	Repayment Agreements	346956	4	Feb 2010
2.5	Fraud	347007	4	Aug 2004
2.6	Investigation and Prevention	347008	1	Aug 2004
2.7	Appeals Overview	347009	11	Jan 2005
2.8	Appeals Committee	347011	5	Jan 2005
2.9	Program Monitoring and Review	347014	4	Aug 2009
Chapter 3 Application and Assessment
3.1	Application Process	347039	3	Feb 2010
3.2	Time Frame and Forms Required	347055	3	Feb 2010
3.3	Identification and Other Documentation	347057	4	Feb 2010
Chapter 4 Eligibility
4.1	Basic Support Allowance Eligibility	355377	5	Sep 2006
4.2	Employability and Eligibility	355382	4	Feb 2007
4.3	Residency and Citizenship	355387	1	Aug 2004
4.4	Family Unit	355419	4	Jun 2011
4.5	Eligibility and Under Nineteen Years of Age	355438	3	Aug 2009
4.6	Other Benefits and Waiting Period	355442	1	Aug 2004
4.7	Assets	355443	9	Feb 2010
4.8	Unearned Income	355503	3	Aug 2004
4.9	Earned Income and Exemption Eligibility	355543	13	Feb 2010
4.10	Persons With Persistent Multiple Barriers	548133	4	Sep 2006
4.11	Rate Table for Social Assistance	518066	7	Feb 2010
Chapter 5 Shelter Allowances
5.1	Shelter Allowances Overview	355716	3	Aug 2004
5.2	Utilities	355719	3	Aug 2004
5.3	Room and Board	355720	4	Jul 2008
5.4	Rent or Personal Mortgage Payments	355724	3	Jul 1999
5.5	Home Maintenance and Repairs	355727	1	Apr 2000
5.6	(Section Removed)	355730	6	Aug 2010
5.7	National Housing Act	355764	1	Apr 2000
5.8	Shared Parenting Assistance	355776	1	Feb 2003
Chapter 6 Children Out of the Parental Home (COPH)
6.1	Eligibility for Children Out of the Parental Home	355778	11	Apr 2012
6.2	Rate Table Children Out of the Parental Home	1433480	1	Apr 2012
	COPH Forms
Chapter 7 Hardship Assistance
7.1	Eligibility for Hardship Assistance	355832	3	Sep 2006
7.2	Awaiting Other Benefits	355843	1	Aug 2004
7.3	Income in Excess of Allowable Limits	355849	1	Jul 1999
7.4	Assets in Excess of Allowable Limits	355850	1	Jul 1999
7.5	Quit Work or Fired for Cause	355853	1	Jul 1999
7.6	Sponsorship Breakdown	355864	1	Jul 1999
7.7	Strike or Lockout	355886	1	Jul 1999
7.8	Income and Assets Exemptions for Hardship Assistance	355888	5	Feb 2010
7.9	Identification Not Established	355902	1	Jan 2001
7.10	Transient Applicants	355904	1	Dec 2001
7.11	Rate Tables for Hardship Assistance	548463	5	Feb 2010
Chapter 8 Persons with Disabilities Assistance
8.1	Persons with Disabilities	548387	10	Jun 2011
8.2	17- Year- Old Persons with Disabilities	1582450	4	Jun 2011
8.3	Applicants Moving Off/On Reserve	1608669	4	Jun 2011
8.4	Rate Table for Persons with Disabilities	548460	4	Jun 2011
Chapter 9 Special Allowances
9.1	Incentive Allowance	355918	3	Aug 2004
9.2	Special Needs Allowance	355922	1	Nov 2000
9.3	(Section removed)	1767024	1	Jun 2011
9.4	(Section removed)	1767029	1	Jun 2011
9.5	Camp Fee Allowance	355932	1	Aug 2004
9.6	School Start-up Allowance	355939	6	Feb 2010
9.7	Work Clothes and Work Transportation	355941	1	Nov 2000
9.8	Work Force Entry Benefit	355942	1	Nov 2000
9.9	Moving Costs	355944	1	Aug 2002
9.10	Special Transportation	355945	1	Nov 2000
9.11	Guide Animal Allowance	355952	3	May 2007
Chapter 10 Non-Status Health Benefits
10.1	Medical Services Plan and Fair PharmaCare	362751	5	Aug 2007
10.2	Health Benefits	362762	7	Feb 2010
10.3	Dental	362766	7	Feb 2010
10.4	Orthodontia	362777	6	Feb 2010
10.5	Optical Services	362792	9	Feb 2010
10.6	Health-Related Travel	362796	4	Aug 2007
10.7	Medical Equipment	362798	4	Aug 2007
10.8	Medical Supplies	362800	4	Aug 2007
10.9	Eligible Items	362816	4	Aug 2007
10.10	Non-Eligible Items	362822	4	Aug 2007
Chapter 11 Other Benefits
11.1	Categories of Child Benefits	366696	8	Aug 2006
11.2	Family Bonus Top-up Allowance	366705	9	Feb 2010
11.3	Supplementary Assistance to Old Age Security Pension	366720	10	Aug 2007
11.4	Comfort Allowance and Clothing Allowance for Recipients in Special Care Facilities	366726	5	Feb 2007
11.5	December Supplementary Allowance	379197	4	Feb 2010
11.6	Annual Bus Pass	379247	4	Jun 2011
11.7	Funeral Costs	379254	3	Jun 2011
11.8	(This section is removed)	379264	4	Jun 2011
11.9	Natal Supplement	355927	7	Jun 2011
11.10	Diet Supplements	355929	6	Jun 2011
11.11	Short-Term Nutritional Supplements	821682	4	Jun 2011
11.12	Monthly Nutritional Supplement	1528582	6	Jun 2011
11.13	Tube Feed Supplement	1264553	6	Jun 2011
Chapter 12 Work Opportunity Program
12.1	Eligibility for Work Opportunity Program	379971	7	Jun 2011
Chapter 13 Transition to Employment Programs
12.2	Aboriginal Social Assistance Recipient Employment Training Initiative (ASARET)	380032	4	Feb 2007
12.3	Training and Employment Support Initiative (TESI)	380122	5	Feb 2007

Note: See the Social Development Policy and Procedures Manual Vol. 2 for Assisted Living policy and program information.

See the Social Development Policy and Procedures Manual Vol. 3 for Appendices.

See the Social Development Policy and Procedures Manual Vol. 4 for the National Child Benefit Reinvestment policy and program information.

Note: The Program Guide, along with the most recent Recipient Reporting Guide, which contains the AANDC reporting forms and instructions, can be accessed on the AANDC extranet site at http://www.inac.gc.ca/extranet, password: bc.

All Income Assistance & Assisted Living forms can be downloaded, printed and saved from the FNSDS web site at www.fnsds.org

If an administering authority would prefer to receive a CD with forms, please contact the First Nations Social Development Society (FNSDS) at 1-800-991-7099 or by faxing a request to 604-926-4152.