Implement social assistance programs

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Description

Implement provincial social assistance (welfare) programs.

Programs to Implement

Ontario

• Ontario Works (OW)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

British Columbia

• BC Income Assistance
• BC Disability Assistance

Alberta

• Alberta Income Support
• Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH)

Quebec

• Social Assistance Program
• Social Solidarity Program

Other Provinces

• Each province has its own social assistance program
• Basic assistance rates
• Disability supplements
• Shelter allowances

Implementation Requirements

• Asset tests
• Income tests
• Categorical eligibility (disability, single parent, etc.)
• Benefit rates by family composition
• Work-related supplements and exemptions

References

• Provincial social services ministry websites
• SPSD/M documentation on social assistance modeling

Part of SPSD/M parity effort.