Employment and Income Assistance

How To Apply for EIA

Who Can Apply for EIA?

 

All Manitobans can apply for EIA.

You may be eligible for financial help if you have no other way to support yourself or your family. If you are able to work, EIA will help you go back to work by providing supports to employment.

For more information on EIA eligibility and benefits that you may receive, please look at the EIA brochure that best fits your household situation.

What Will I Need to do to Apply for EIA?

Before you fill out an application for EIA benefits, you may need to complete a pre-intake orientation (PIO).   At your PIO, EIA staff will tell you about the EIA Program, your rights and responsibilities while on income assistance and go over all the information and documents you need to apply for EIA.   

To view the PIO presentation in advance of your PIO appointment, or to see what information and documents you need to bring to your intake appointment, you can click on the following:

            EIA Pre-Intake Orientation Presentation
            EIA Intake Information Checklist          

Once you have completed the PIO, EIA staff will set up an intake appointment for you to complete an EIA application. 

If you have recently quit, were fired, or refused a job without a good reason, or just cause, your application for EIA may be affected.  Please click here for more information on what you need to do if this situation applies to you.  

What Will Happen at my EIA Intake Appointment?

In order to see if you are eligible for EIA, there are some basic questions EIA staff will ask you about at your intake appointment:

• you and your family’s situation
• your housing
• your income (money you earn or get from another source)
• your assets (savings, investments, items of value)
• your education, work status and history and your plans to find work
• any medical conditions and health needs that may keep you from working  
• any legal problems you have

The EIA Intake Information Checklist will help make sure that you bring the right information and documents to your intake appointment to answer these questions.   

People who are married or live as common-law couples must apply for EIA together.

You can also see samples of the EIA Application Forms  that apply to you to find out about other questions you may be asked at your intake appointment.  However, you will still be required to complete a formal EIA Application Form at your intake appointment. 

Where Do I Apply?

To find the EIA office that you should go to, or to get more information on how to apply for EIA , to set up a Pre-Intake Orientation, or make an intake appointment, call one of these numbers:

If you live in Winnipeg, call                             204-948-4000
If you live outside Winnipeg, call toll free       1-877-812-0014;
If you are deaf or hard-of-hearing, call           TTY at 204-945-4796, or
1-800-855-0511 (Manitoba Relay Service);

To find out where the EIA office that you need to go to is located, click on the following maps
If you live in Winnipeg                       
If you live outside of Winnipeg

After-hours emergency support may be available if you have a crisis that cannot wait until regular business hours.  For emergency support, call 204-945-0183 in Winnipeg or toll free at
1-866-559-6778.