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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 | # 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 | 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. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||