{"id":298,"date":"2021-01-06T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asicbc.ca\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2021-01-06T13:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:52:55","slug":"income-assistance-pensions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/resources-from-a-z\/income-assistance-pensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Income Assistance &#038; Pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2\">Income Assistance &#8211; Province of British Columbia\u200b<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">If you are a Person with one or more Disabilities, or are acting on behalf of a person with one or more disabilities, you may qualify for income assistance and other supports through British\u00a0Columbia&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsd.gov.bc.ca\/pwd.htm\">Ministry of Social Development &amp; Social Innovation<\/a>. The following links will provide useful information to help you learn more about the resources available, as well as how to access them, including<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsd.gov.bc.ca\/pwd\/eapwd.htm\">Disability Assistance &#8211; Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsd.gov.bc.ca\/pwd\/apply.htm\">How to Apply for Disability Assistance<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsd.gov.bc.ca\/publicat\/bcea\/trusts.htm\">Disability Assistance and Trusts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsd.gov.bc.ca\/mhr\/da.htm\">Disability Assistance Rate Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Guide dog or assistance dog users may be eligible for an additional monthly supplement once eligibility has been established.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-H2\">Disability Pensions &#8211; Fe\u200bderal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">This page on the Service Canada website provides information on the eligibility criteria and application process when applying for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/disaben.shtml\">Canada Pension Plan<\/a>\u00a0benefits. Detailed information includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/summary.shtml\">Canada Pension Plan &#8211; Summary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/applicant.shtml\">I want to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/disabforms.shtml\">Guide to application kit forms<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/review.shtml\">I want my decision changed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/receive.shtml\">I am receiving a benefit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/isp\/cpp\/advocate.shtml\">I am helping someone apply for or appeal their benefit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Income Assistance &#8211; Province of British Columbia\u200b If you are a Person with one or more Disabilities, or are acting on behalf of a person&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/resources-from-a-z\/income-assistance-pensions\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Income Assistance &#038; Pensions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/299"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}