A device designed to enable a person to perform a daily living activity that, because of a severe mental or physical impairment, the person is unable to perform.

[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]

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Child

An unmarried person under 19 years of age.

[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Child In Home of a Relative (CIHR)

Child in the home of a relative

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Community Living British Columbia (CLBC)

Independent Authority responsible for delivery of services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities.

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CPP

Canada Pension Plan

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Daily living activity

Means the following:

in relation to a person who has a severe physical impairment or a severe mental impairment, means the following activities:
- prepare own meals
- manage personal finances
- shop for personal needs
- use public or personal transportation facilities
- perform housework to maintain the person’s place of residence in acceptable sanitary condition
- move about indoors and outdoors
- perform personal hygiene and self care
- manage personal medication
in relation to a person who has a severe mental impairment, includes the following activities:
- make decisions about personal activities, care, or finances
- relate to, communicate, or interact with others effectively

[see EAPWD Regulation, Section 2 for legal definition]

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Dependant

In relation to another person, means anyone who resides with the person and who is the spouse of the other person, or is a dependent child of the person, or indicates a parental responsibility for the person’s dependent child.

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Dependent child

With respect to a parent, means a child, other than a child who is 18 years of age and is a person with disabilities, who resides in the parent’s place of residence for more than 50 per cent of each month and relies on that parent for the necessities of life.

[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Disability assistance

An amount for shelter and support provided under the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act.

[see EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Earned income

Any of the following:

any money or value received in exchange for work or the provision of a service
tax refunds
pension plan contributions that are refunded because of insufficient contributions to create a pension
money or value received from providing room and board at a person’s place of residence
money or value received from renting rooms that are common to and part of a person’s place of residence

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 or EAPWD Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Family unit

An applicant or a recipient and his or her dependants.

[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Full-time student

A person:

who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute one of the following:
- at least 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full-time course load
- at least 40 per cent and less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full course load, in the case of a person who has a permanent disability and elects to be considered as a full-time student
whose primary occupation during the confirmed periods within that period of studies is the pursuit of studies in those courses.

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Funded program of studies

A program of studies for which student financial assistance may be provided to a student enrolled in it.

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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FWTP

Forest Worker Transition Program

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Hardship assistance

An amount for shelter and support that may be provided to clients who are not eligible for income assistance or disability assistance, if the regulations provide for such hardship assistance.

[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Health authority

A public body mandated under the Health Authorities Act to govern, manage and deliver health services within a defined geographic area.

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Health professional

A person who is authorized under an enactment in British Columbia to practice one of the following professions:

medical practitioner
registered psychologist
registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse
occupational therapist
physical therapist
social worker

[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]

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HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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HRSDC

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

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INAC

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

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Income assistance

An amount for shelter and support provided under the Employment and Assistance Act.

[see EA Act, Section 1 for legal definition]

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MCFD

Ministry of Children and Family Development

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Ministry of SD

Ministry of Social Development

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MSO

Medical Services Only

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Person With Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB)

A recipient who qualifies for Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) is a person who has received assistance for at least 12 of the past 15 months and meets one of the following criteria:

has severe multiple personal barriers to employment (that is, a score of 15 or greater on the Employability Screen) and has taken all reasonable steps to overcome these barriers and has a medical condition (excluding addictions) that has lasted for at least one year and is likely to continue or recur frequently for at least two years, and which is a severe barrier that seriously impedes the person’s ability to search for, accept, or continue employment

OR

has a medical condition (excluding addictions) that has lasted for at least one year and is likely to continue or recur frequently for at least two years, and, in itself, precludes the person from searching for, accepting, or continuing employment, regardless of their score on the Employability Screen (may or may not have severe multiple barriers to employment)

[see EA Regulation, Section 2 for legal definition]

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Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation

A designation provided to persons who have reached 18 years of age and have a severe mental (including a mental disorder) or physical impairment that meets all of the following criteria:

in the opinion of a medical practitioner, the impairment is likely to continue for at least two years
in the opinion of a prescribed professional, the impairment directly and significantly restricts the person’s ability to perform daily living activities either continuously or periodically for extended periods
as a result of those restrictions, the person requires an assistive device, the significant help or supervision of another person, or the services of an assistance animal to perform daily living activities.

[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]

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PPMB

Person with Persistent Multiple Barriers

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PWD

Persons with Disabilities (refers to the designation under the EAPWD Act)

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RDSP

Registered Disability Savings Plan

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RESP

Registered Education Savings Plan

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RRSP

Registered Retirement Savings Plan

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Spouse

Two persons, including persons of the same gender, are spouses of each other if they are married to each other, or they reside together and acknowledge they are residing together in a marriage –like relationship, or they have resided together in a marriage-like relationship for at least 3 consecutive months or 9 out of the previous 12 months and the relationship demonstrates both financial and social familial characteristics consistent with a marriage-like relationship.

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Student Financial Assistance (SFA)

Funding provided to students under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Canada).

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Unearned income

Any income that is not earned income, and includes, without limitation, money or value received from any of the following:

money, annuities, stocks, bonds, shares, and interest-bearing accounts or properties
cooperative corporations as defined in the Real Estate Act
war disability pensions, military pensions, and war veterans’ allowances
insurance benefits, except insurance paid as compensation for a destroyed asset
superannuation benefits
any type or class of Canada Pension Plan benefits
Employment Insurance
union or lodge benefits
financial assistance provided under the Employment and Assistance Act or the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act or provided by another province or jurisdiction
workers’ compensation benefits and disability payments or pensions
widows’ or orphans’ allowances
a trust or inheritance
rental of tools, vehicles, or equipment
rental of land, self-contained suites, or other property except the place of residence of an applicant or recipient
interest earned on a mortgage or agreement for sale
maintenance under a court order, separation agreement, or other agreement
education or training allowances, grants, loans, bursaries, or scholarships
a lottery or a game of chance
awards of compensation under the Criminal Injury Compensation Act or the Crime Victim Assistance Act, other than an award paid as compensation for a destroyed asset
any other financial awards or compensation
federal Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement payments
financial contributions made by a sponsor pursuant to an undertaking given for the purposes of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or the Immigration Act (Canada)

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 or EAPWD Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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Unfunded program of studies

A program of studies for which student financial assistance cannot be provided to a student enrolled in it.

[see EA Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]

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