Difference between revisions of "I Have Been Denied or Cut off Welfare"

{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}Most people get welfare through the provincial Ministry of Social Development (MSD). However, people living on an Indian Reserve get welfare through the Band or Tribal Council in the area they live. The process below is roughly the same on and off reserve.

If you have had a welfare benefit or supplement (like a diet allowance, crisis grant, or medical equipment) denied, cut off or reduced, you can ask for a reconsideration of that decision. You can also ask for reconsideration if you have applied for, and been denied, designation as a Person with Disabilities or as a Person with Persistent Multiple Barriers to employment. If you are not satisfied with the result of the reconsideration, you may be able to appeal the reconsideration decision to an appeal tribunal.

# Ask a Ministry worker why the benefit, supplement, or designation was denied, cut off or reduced. Get them to tell you what law or policy they based their decision on.