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Employment and Income Assistance Facts
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities
All participants enrolled with Employment and Income Assistance (EIA), including
participants enrolled in the Persons with Disabilities category,
may receive assistance for items such as those listed below.
Information sheets are available on these topics if you wish
more information.
As well, if you are enrolled in the
Persons with Disabilities category, you may receive the following
extra assistance:
- An automatic
allowance of $105.00
per month for persons living in the community (the Income
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities benefit).
- If
you are a wheelchair user, you may receive 24 passes per
year to get transportation for social trips. You may
use these passes at any time.
- An allowance for basic
telephone rental costs for medical reasons. You may first
have to give your worker a letter
from your doctor or therapist to get this benefit.
- A monthly amount for coin laundry when coin laundry is the
only way for you to get laundry done.
- If you are working,
you can keep a portion of your monthly earnings (earnings
exemption). You may also
receive money
for work clothing,work transportation and child
care. Also, see the information sheets on Starting a Job
– Persons with
Disabilities and Employment Income – Persons with
Disabilities.
If you would like additional information,
please talk to your worker.
Return to the Employment and Income Assistance Facts main page.
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