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== First steps == | == First steps == | ||
#Ask a Ministry worker why the benefit or supplement was denied, cut off or reduced. Get them to tell you what law or policy they based their <span class="noglossary">decision</span> on. | #Ask a Ministry worker why the benefit or supplement was denied, cut off or reduced. Get them to tell you what law or policy they based their <span class="noglossary">decision</span> on. | ||
#Ask a Ministry worker to prepare and provide you with a | #Ask a Ministry worker to prepare and provide you with a Request for Reconsideration form. Make sure that any evidence the Ministry used to make their <span class="noglossary">decision</span> is attached to the form. | ||
#Complete the Request for Reconsideration form and return it to the welfare office ''within 20 business days''. In completing the form, focus on how the Ministry applied the welfare rules incorrectly. | #Complete the Request for Reconsideration form and return it to the welfare office ''within 20 business days''. In completing the form, focus on how the Ministry applied the welfare rules incorrectly. | ||
#If you need more time to gather documents or other evidence to support your reconsideration request, you may be able to get it. You must still give the Ministry your completed Request for Reconsideration form within 20 business days of the Ministry's <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. When you do that, you can ask the Ministry in writing for more time to provide other supporting information. The Ministry can give you an extension of as long as another 19 business days to do that. | #If you need more time to gather documents or other evidence to support your reconsideration request, you may be able to get it. You must still give the Ministry your completed Request for Reconsideration form within 20 business days of the Ministry's <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. When you do that, you can ask the Ministry in writing for more time to provide other supporting information. The Ministry can give you an extension of as long as another 19 business days to do that. | ||