Category: Income Assistance
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What is Universal Basic Income?
By PAN Contributor Cody Wolfe Universal basic income, or UBI, is a type of welfare program in which each member of a given country would receive a regular, guaranteed amount of money from the government, regardless of employment status or income level. In this system, there would be no means…
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Funeral Resources for low-income people
Anyone in need is eligible for BC government support. They do not need to be on Income Assistance or Provincial Disability to receive this support. Also, if the decedent contributed to CPP for at least 10 years, their estate is eligible for the CPP death benefit of $2500. This is…
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Our new volunteers: “Nothing for us without us”.
This past week, PAN successfully recruited five new, much needed, volunteers.Our growing team brings me joy for several reasons. Of course, the obvious one is that we can better support the community with a larger team. We now have 15 volunteers! However, there are two other reasons for gratitude. First,…
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A real life example of applying for a crisis supplement
Last week, I applied for a crisis food supplement available through my benefits as a recipient of PWD (Provincial Disability). I thought it might be helpful to other PWD or Income Assistance recipients to share my experience. My son had his annual eye exam with our optometrist.In most cases, when…
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