Crisis Supplement
About this resource
A one-time payment for those who face unexpected emergency needs, to prevent imminent danger to their physical health or the removal of a child under the Child, Family and Community Service Act.
May not be provided for the purpose of obtaining a health supplement or any other health care goods or services.
May not be provided for the purpose of obtaining a health supplement or any other health care goods or services.
Details
Resource type
Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation
Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
Age
0-99
Eligibility
All of the following:
- The family unit or person in family unit needs to meet an unexpected expense or obtain an item unexpectedly needed
- The expense cannot be met or the item cannot be obtained because there are no resources available to the family unit
- Failure to meet the expense or obtain the item will result in imminent danger to the physical health of any person in the family unit or removal of a child under the Child, Family and Community Service Act.
- The family unit or person in family unit needs to meet an unexpected expense or obtain an item unexpectedly needed
- The expense cannot be met or the item cannot be obtained because there are no resources available to the family unit
- Failure to meet the expense or obtain the item will result in imminent danger to the physical health of any person in the family unit or removal of a child under the Child, Family and Community Service Act.
Location
Regions
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Fraser North, Fraser South, Fraser Valley, Greater Vancouver, Kootenays, North East, North West, Sunshine Coast / Squamish-Lillooet, Thompson Okanagan, Vancouver Island Central, Vancouver Island North, Vancouver Island South
Cities
Brentwood Bay, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Cowichan Bay, Crofton, Duncan, Esquimalt, Galiano Island, Honeymoon Bay, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Mayne Island, Metchosin, Mill Bay , North Saanich, Pender Island, Port Renfrew, Saanich, Saanichton, Salt Spring Island, Saturna Island, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Sooke, Swartz Bay, Thetis Island, Victoria, View Royal
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