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Income and Employment Supports Act

Published Date: January 01, 2019
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Part 10 Schedule

Section 6 Core essential payment – barriers to full employment/expected to work or working

  1. The maximum monthly core essential payment that may be provided to a barriers to full employment household unit or an expected to work or working household unit is
    1. for the 2019 CPI adjustment year,
      1. if subclauses (ii) to (iv) do not apply, the amount determined under Table 1,
      2. if subclause (iii) or (iv) does not apply and the Director determines that a household unit’s need for the core essential payment is limited to food, an amount determined by the Minister,
      3. if an adult member of the household unit is living in one of the following, $322 for each adult member:
        1. a hospital or nursing home;
        2. the McCullough Centre;
        3. a recognized emergency shelter for persons escaping abuse;
        4. an institution similar to the institutions in paragraphs (A) to (C) that is designated by the Minister under the regulations, and
      4. if an adult member of the household unit is living in an approved home or a group home, the amount for each adult member as determined by the Minister, 

        and

    2. for the 2020 CPI adjustment year and subsequent CPI adjustment years,
      1. if subclauses (ii) to (iv) do not apply, an amount adjusted in accordance with section
      2. if subclause (iii) or (iv) does not apply and the Director determines that a household unit’s need for the core essential payment is limited to food, an amount determined by the Minister, adjusted in accordance with section 2
      3. if an adult member of the household unit is living in one of the following, an amount for each adult member, adjusted in accordance with section 2:
        1. a hospital or nursing home;
        2. the McCullough Centre;
        3. a recognized emergency shelter for persons escaping abuse;
        4. an institution similar to the institutions in paragraphs (A) to (C) that is designated by the Minister, and
      4. if an adult member of the household unit is living in an approved home or a group home, an amount for each adult member determined by the Minister, adjusted in accordance with section 2.