Sentences with phrase «households living on benefits»

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Clemens also points out that since OAS benefits are calculated on an individual basis, it's possible for two seniors living together to have a household income of $ 141,908 and still qualify for OAS payments.

Other measures include: • remove rule limiting Child Tax Credit (CTC) to one claimant per household (to allow two or more families sharing a house to claim the CTC); • repeal $ 10,000 cap on medical expense tax credit claims made on medical costs incurred for an eligible dependent; • easier access to funds in Registered Disability Savings Plans for beneficiaries with shortened life spans; • improved Employment Insurance benefits to parents of gravely ill, murdered, or missing children; and • enhanced ability to make transfers between individual RESPs, and better access to RESP funds for post-secondary students studying outside Canada.

The CEP was one of the less publicized gains of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA), allowing schools to provide universal meals to an entire school based on «direct certification» data, such as how many children live in households receiving food stamps (SNAP benefits), without also requiring annual paper applications submitted by parents.

This study follows previous work by Currie, Greenstone and others on the local economic benefits, which found the average household living near a hydraulic fracturing site benefits by as much as $ 1,900 per year.

If you're on a meter and on certain benefits, and either have three or more children living in the house under the age of 19 or someone in the household with a medical condition needing lots of water, you could get help from the WaterSure scheme.

Clemens also points out that since OAS benefits are calculated on an individual basis, it's possible for two seniors living together to have a household income of $ 141,908 and still qualify for OAS payments.

Whether you are your family's primary earner or your loved ones depend on you for domestic tasks and household needs, your family's financial future and standard of living could depend on a life insurance death benefit.

The average monthly benefit payment under SSDI is $ 1,165, and if you are accustomed to living on $ 5,000 or $ 10,000 per month, that won't come close to supporting your household.

While these plans do benefit employees and help families in tough times, far too many households rely on them as their sole source of Life insurance.

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

Whether you are your family's primary earner or your loved ones depend on you for domestic tasks and household needs, your family's financial future and standard of living could depend on a life insurance death benefit.