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If you don’t agree with the reconsideration decision:
If you don’t agree with the reconsideration decision:
# Decide whether to appeal or simply re-apply for the benefit. In some cases, it may be easier and quicker to re-apply for the benefit with more evidence than you gave the first time. Welfare advocates can help you make this decision. [See #44-PovNet for contact and website information for welfare advocates in your area.]
# Decide whether to appeal or simply re-apply for the benefit. In some cases, it may be easier and quicker to re-apply for the benefit with more evidence than you gave the first time. Welfare advocates can help you make this decision. [See [[PovNet]] for contact and website information for welfare advocates in your area.]
# Get a copy of a '''Notice of Appeal to the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal''' from the welfare office.
# Get a copy of a '''Notice of Appeal to the Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal''' from the welfare office.
# Complete the Notice of Appeal and return it to the welfare office '''within 7 days''' after you received the reconsideration decision.
# Complete the Notice of Appeal and return it to the welfare office '''within 7 days''' after you received the reconsideration decision.
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== Where to get help ==
== Where to get help ==
See Part 2- Resources, starting on page 43, for a list of helpful resources. Your best bets are:
See the [[Resource Guide]] in Part 2 for a list of helpful resources. Your best bets are:
* Legal Services Society Publications: “Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance”, “Social Assistance on Reserve in British Columbia”.
* [[Legal Services Society]] Publications: “Your Welfare Rights: A Guide to BC Employment and Assistance”, “Social Assistance on Reserve in British Columbia”.
* [[BC Employment and Assistance (BCEA)]] website. Click on “Reconsideration and Appeals”.
* [[BC Employment and Assistance (BCEA)]] website. Click on “Reconsideration and Appeals”.
* [[PovNet]], for contact and website information for welfare advocates near you.
* [[PovNet]], for contact and website information for welfare advocates near you.
* [[LawLINE]].
* [[Access Justice]], [[Lawyer Referral Service]], [[Salvation Army Pro Bono Lawyer Consultation Program]], [[Private Bar Lawyers]].
* [[Access Justice]], [[Lawyer Referral Service]], [[Salvation Army Pro Bono Lawyer Consultation Program]], [[Private Bar Lawyers]].


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