Difference between revisions of "Hardship Assistance and Welfare (21:VI)"

** The person has an immediate need for food, shelter or urgent medical attention and cannot complete the three-week work search without hardship assistance (“immediate needs assessment”)

** They are waiting for a Social Insurance Number or other identification documents

** They have applied for money from another source (e.g., Employment Insurance or Old Age Security), but they have not received it yet (They will need to pay this hardship assistance back)

** They are on strike or locked out and they do not have money to support themselves (They will need to pay this hardship assistance back)

** They have more income or assets than the Ministry allows people applying for welfare to have, but they have a dependent child or children and cannot use the income or assets to support themselves or their family (this hardship assistance will have to be paid back)

** Their immigration sponsor cannot or will not support them and they are waiting for the Ministry to decide about the application made for income assistance