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Pre-natal Shelter Supplement
Procedures
Issuing Pre-natal Shelter Supplement: September 19, 2008
Transition Period for Pre-natal Shelter Supplement
Issuing Pre-natal Shelter Supplement: September 19, 2008
September 19, 2008Staff will run the Assisted Eligibility tool.
Recipients must provide written confirmation of pregnancy and the expected date of delivery from either a medical practitioner or a midwife. The confirmation must be written on letterhead or a prescription pad. The ministry is not responsible for any fees associated with required documentation.
The pre-natal shelter supplement can be issued to eligible recipients at the same time as the natal supplement, allowing recipients to submit one written confirmation of pregnancy for both supplements [see Related Links – Natal Supplement]. The written confirmation of pregnancy will be scanned and profiled and will be used as reference if the recipient has not yet found housing.
Recipients must provide a written document, unless already on the system, to verify the actual shelter cost is above a single person shelter allowance rate of $375 per month (i.e., rent receipt or rental agreement).
Recipients living in a room and board situation must provide a written document from their room and board provider, unless already on the system, to verify the actual shelter portion cost of the room and board is above a single person shelter allowance rate of $375 per month.
The supplement will be the difference between Unit 1 maximum shelter assistance ($375) and the actual total shelter costs, up to a maximum of $195 per month.
Recipients are not eligible to receive both pre-natal shelter supplement and the monthly shelter allowance top-up during the month their child is born. Exceptions will be made in the event of multiple births. In such an event, recipients are eligible for a shelter top-up according to family size, taking into account the amount of shelter allowance and pre-natal supplement that are already issued for that month.
Transition Period for Pre-natal Shelter Supplement
June 1, 2008In the event that a pregnancy does not go to term, the recipient is eligible to receive the supplement for a transition period up to three months. The transition period can exceed the maximum eight month period. For example, a recipient whose pregnancy ends at the seventh month is eligible to receive the supplement for up to three months from the date her pregnancy ends.
A manual process must be completed in order to issue pre-natal shelter supplement to recipients where the pregnancy prematurely ends.
Recipients found eligible for pre-natal shelter supplement during the transition period must be advised by a ministry worker to reapply for this monthly supplement as it must be manually issued for up to three months. A comment must be added to the system noting the manual payment of the pre-natal shelter supplement for this transition period.
