Difference between revisions of "Financial Help for People with Disabilities"

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*'''[http://www.lss.bc.ca/ Legal Services Society (LSS) BC]''': LSS provides free legal information. The publication called “[http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=167 Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance]” has information on social assistance.
*'''[http://www.lss.bc.ca/ Legal Services Society (LSS) BC]''': LSS provides free legal information. The publication called “[http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=167 Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance]” has information on social assistance.


*'''[[Income Assistance: Reconsiderations and Appeals (Script 288)| Script 288, Income Assistance: Reconsiderations and Appeals]]''': this Dial-A-Law script explains that if you apply for or receive monthly income or disability assistance, you have the right to a reconsideration, and then an appeal, of most decisions that deny, reduce, or end that assistance. The script includes a link to the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal (http://www.gov.bc.ca/eaat www.gov.bc.ca/eaat).
*'''[[Income Assistance: Reconsiderations and Appeals (Script 288)| Script 288, Income Assistance: Reconsiderations and Appeals]]''': this Dial-A-Law script explains that if you apply for or receive monthly income or disability assistance, you have the right to a reconsideration, and then an appeal, of most decisions that deny, reduce, or end that assistance. The script includes a link to the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal ([http://www.gov.bc.ca/eaat www.gov.bc.ca/eaat]).