Sentences with phrase «social assistance recipients»

A British Columbia government employee has been fired and the Commissioner has launched an investigation after it was discovered that a spreadsheet with sensitive personal information on social assistance recipients was taken to the employee's home.

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Yesterday I blogged about rental housing in Yellowknife, over at the Northern Public Affairs web site. Specifically, I blogged about a recent announcement by the city's largest for - profit landlord that it plans to «tighten» its policies vis - a-vis renting to recipients of «income assistance» (which, in most parts of Canada, is known generically as social assistance).

Most subsidize the cost of medications for vulnerable Canadians like those over 65 and recipients of social assistance and disability benefits.

Oneida County Department of Social Services offers day care assistance for recipients of temporary assistance who are working or participating in an approved training or educational program and meet the eligibility requirements.

The common feature of means - tested assistance programs is that they are graduated based on a person's income and, in contrast to programs like Social Security or Medicare, they are a free benefit and not paid into by the recipient,» says the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee.

West Coast LEAF is recommending amendments to BC's Employment and Assistance Act and Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act that will allow recipients of social assistance to form supportive personal relationships without worrying that they will be cut off from assistance asAssistance Act and Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act that will allow recipients of social assistance to form supportive personal relationships without worrying that they will be cut off from assistance asAssistance for Persons with Disabilities Act that will allow recipients of social assistance to form supportive personal relationships without worrying that they will be cut off from assistance asassistance to form supportive personal relationships without worrying that they will be cut off from assistance asassistance as a result.

There are a number of other benefits and support programs within the social assistance system that are designed to meet the specific needs of recipients.

21 In the order for reference, that court notes that, in Case C ‑ 160 / 02 Skalka [2004] ECR I ‑ 5613, the Court categorised the compensatory supplement as a «special non-contributory benefit» within the meaning of Article 4 (2a) of Regulation No 1408/71 (now Article 70 of Regulation No 883/2004), because it augments a retirement pension or an invalidity pension and is by nature social assistance in so far as it is intended to ensure a minimum means of subsistence for its recipient where his pension is insufficient.

Social assistance is the benefit of the recipient family.

To help recipients — most of them single parents — prepare for, find, and keep jobs, it also offered an array of services and incentives, including: mandatory employment - related, social, and health services; intensive case management; a modest financial work incentive that increased the portion of recipients» earnings that could be disregarded in calculating cash benefits; extended transitional child care assistance for recipients who left welfare for work; and a parental responsibility mandate that, among other things, required recipients to make sure their children attended school.

Matt was a Pro Bono Excellence recipient at Boston College Law School, judged the Boston College Dispute Negotiation Competition, worked at the Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, and has been published in the Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice on two separate occasions.