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== H. Two Years’ Past Financial Independence Requirement == | == H. Two Years’ Past Financial Independence Requirement == | ||
The | The EAA, s 8 and the EAR, s 18 state that in order to be eligible for income assistance, applicants must show that they have been financially independent for two consecutive years at some point in the past. This usually involves showing they have: | ||
*worked for 840 hours a year for two consecutive years; | *worked for 840 hours a year for two consecutive years; | ||
*earned at least $7 000 a year for two consecutive years; or | *earned at least $7 000 a year for two consecutive years; or | ||
*worked for | *worked for part of a two-year period, and collected Employment Insurance or another income replacement (excluding income assistance or a training allowance) for the rest of the two-year period. | ||
This requirement does not apply to applicants | This requirement does not apply to applicants for PPMB assistance or disability assistance and there are numerous other exemptions including, among other things (EAR, s 18(3) and (4)): | ||
*people under 19; | *people under 19; | ||
*pregnant women; | *pregnant women; | ||
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*and people who were in prison for at least 6 months of the past 2 years. | *and people who were in prison for at least 6 months of the past 2 years. | ||
The | The exemption also covers those who “were for any reason unable, due to circumstances beyond their control, to search for or accept employment, and will otherwise experience undue hardship”. | ||
== I. Five-Week Work Search == | == I. Five-Week Work Search == | ||
