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Awaiting Other Income
Procedures
Repayment Agreement or Assignment Document: September 1, 2006
Waiting Period for Employment Insurance Benefits
Arrears or Retroactive Veterans Affairs Canada Benefits
Retroactive Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Benefits: September 1, 2006
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Settlement: September 1, 2006
Wills or Estates: September 1, 2006
Repayment Agreement: September 1, 2006
Persons with Disabilities: September 1, 2006
Repayment Agreement or Assignment Document: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006A Promise to Pay (HR2664) or designated repayment agreement or assignment document, is to be completed each time hardship assistance is issued under Awaiting Other Income.
A Supervisor must approve hardship assistance under this category that is issued beyond the three-month duration.
Waiting Period for Employment Insurance Benefits
April 19, 2004Family units that include an applicant for EI, who is not a dependant child, should be issued hardship assistance under Awaiting Other Income during the two-week waiting period when EI is not payable and the client has completed the three week work search period. The two-week waiting period is calculated as lasting until the second Saturday following the week of EI application.
The amount to be repaid includes any pro-rated support and also includes any shelter issued at the time of application.
Hardship assistance issued under this category to those in the two-week waiting period is repayable for all who receive it.
If it is later determined that applicants or recipients are not eligible for EI, a credit/debit memo must be completed to resolve the repayment.
Example
A single person enquired about income assistance on Monday, August 25, which makes the end date of the three-week work search period Friday, September 12.
On Monday, September 8, the client applied for EI, which means the two-week waiting period starts on Monday, September 8 and ends on Saturday, September 20 (the second Saturday after EI application).
On Monday, September 15, the client signed the application and was determined to be eligible for hardship assistance while the EI claim was being processed. For September the client would be eligible for:
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Awaiting Other Income on repayment
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pro-rated support for five days (remainder of two-week waiting period)
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shelter for September if required
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Awaiting EI Benefits on assignment
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pro-rated support from September 20 until the end of the calendar month (10 days in this example)
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[For more information on hardship assistance issued while awaiting EI, see Related Links - Awaiting EI Benefits.]
Arrears or Retroactive Veterans Affairs Canada Benefits
December 1, 2003An HR2664 must be signed for the first month of assistance, and an Assignment - Veterans Affairs Canada (HR2098) [see Forms and Letters] must be completed for subsequent months of assistance.
WorkSafeBC
December 1, 2003An Assignment - WorkSafeBC (HR2100) [see Forms and Letters] is completed after applicants make a WorkSafeBC claim. Once a WorkSafeBC claim is denied, applicants may receive income assistance or disability assistance, even if they are appealing the WorkSafeBC claim. An assignment is no longer required once a client is eligible for income assistance or disability assistance.
Retroactive Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Benefits: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006A federal Consent to Deduction and Payment, Canada Pension Plan (ISP1613) must be completed if the total repayment amount is more than $50. [see Forms and Letters]
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Settlement: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006If, at the time of application, applicants have been awarded a settlement and are waiting to receive this income, hardship assistance may be issued, and a Promise to Pay (HR2664) is completed.
Wills or Estates: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006This category of hardship assistance applies only when the probate process has been completed and applicants are waiting to receive the pending income or assets. A Promise to Pay (HR2664) is completed.
Repayment Agreement: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006When hardship assistance is issued using a Promise to Pay (HR2664), a Repayment Agreement (HR2663A) is to be completed when clients start receiving income assistance instead of hardship assistance, or when they stop receiving assistance. [For more information, see Related Links – Recoveries.]
Persons with Disabilities: September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006Applicants with the Person with Disabilities designation who are awaiting other income should be issued disability assistance rather than hardship assistance. A manual Consent to Deduction and Payment, Canada Pension Plan (ISP1613) is to be completed when the applicant has applied for CPP. A manual Assignment of Benefits (HR2528) is to be completed for applicants until they receive EI benefits or are found to be ineligible for EI. Recipients are responsible to declare all income on a Monthly Report (HR0081).
