Self-Employment Program (SEP) for PPMB & PWD
The Self-Employment Program (SEP) is intended to assist BC Employment Assistance (BCEA) clients who either have a Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation, or meet the Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) criteria in establishing and operating a self-employment enterprise.
The SEP is a program of business deductions and exemptions for the use of eligible BCEA clients who are, or wish to become, self-employed. The program exempts specific business-related expenses and assets in determining clients' earnings and monthly eligibility for income or disability assistance. It is intended to help PWD and PPMB family units in a wide range of self-employment situations, from businesses that provide full-time employment and have business loans, to enterprises that are part-time and generate low earnings on an occasional or seasonal basis.
The SEP is distinct from self-employment service options available through WorkBC Employment Services that may be available to eligible PWD and PPMB clients who have been assessed as suitable for and needing these services to become financially independent or to reduce dependency on BCEA.
The SEP is a program of business deductions and exemptions for the use of eligible BCEA clients who are, or wish to become, self-employed. The program exempts specific business-related expenses and assets in determining clients' earnings and monthly eligibility for income or disability assistance. It is intended to help PWD and PPMB family units in a wide range of self-employment situations, from businesses that provide full-time employment and have business loans, to enterprises that are part-time and generate low earnings on an occasional or seasonal basis.
The SEP is distinct from self-employment service options available through WorkBC Employment Services that may be available to eligible PWD and PPMB clients who have been assessed as suitable for and needing these services to become financially independent or to reduce dependency on BCEA.
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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
19-64
Eligibility
To be authorized to use the Self-Employment Program (SEP) business deductions and exemptions set out in regulation, clients must meet all of the following criteria:rnrn-be in one of the following categories: Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation, the spouse of the client with PWD designation, Person with Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) status rnrn-be eligible to receive income assistance or disability assistancernproviding the business is not incorporated, be seeking to start a business for the purposes of self-employment, or have an existing business in which they are self-employedrnrn-not be described by any of the following: receiving assistance as a child in the home of a relative, recipient of hardship assistance, be a non-PPMB spouse of a PPMB client
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