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5-6-3 Pre-Added Budget

Act/Regulations	Section	Social Programs	7
	Program	Social Assistance	13
	Instructions	PRE-ADDED BUDGET	5-6-3
Effective: April 1, 1996 Revised: April 1, 2011		Authorized by: Deputy Minister

PURPOSE

1. To simplify calculation of budget allocation at point of application.

PRINCIPLES

2. Food, clothing, household supplies and personal requirements (FCH&P) rates are intended to cover basic needs of eligible applicants without reference to any level of need.

POLICY

3. FCH&P rates are to be included in calculations from the point of application.

PROCEDURE

4. Refer to the Pre-Added Monthly Budget for FCH&P (Form HSS 205 - attached) to determine assistance levels for applicants as determined by the constitution of his/her household.

PEI Department of Community Services, Seniors and Labour

PRE-ADDED BUDGET FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

No. of	0-11	12-17	One	Two	No. of	0-11	12-17	One	Two
Children	Years	Years	Adult	Adult	Children	Years	Years	Adult	Adult
			Person	Persons				Person	Persons
0	0	0	214	361	5	5	0	913	1062
1	1	0	362	518		4	1	967	1116
	0	1	418	574		3	2	1021	1170
2	2	0	519	628		2	3	1075	1224
	1	1	575	682		1	4	1129	1278
	0	2	631	736		0	5	1183	1332
3	3	0	623	774	6	6	0	1057	1206
	2	1	677	828		5	1	1111	1260
	1	2	731	882		4	2	1165	1314
	0	3	785	936		3	3	1219	1368
4	4	0	769	918		2	4	1273	1422
	3	1	823	972		1	5	1327	1476
	2	2	877	1026		0	6	1381	1530
	1	3	931	1080
	0	4	985	1134

For children and other dependants 18 years and older use the amount for one adult ($214) instead of including that person in the family group.

For more than six children, use the following amounts and use the older children as the additions:

0-11 Years $148 12-17 Years $203

BASIS FOR THE ABOVE PRE-ADDED MONTHLY BUDGETS

	One Adult	Two Adults	Child 0-11 Years	Child 12-17 Years
FOOD
1 Person	156
2-3 Persons	148	259	114	162
4 Person or Larger Family	126	233	104	150
Pregnancy Allowance Add $	53
Special Diet Addition (see S.A. Reg. 16(2)(b))
Clothing	24	48	24	27
Personal Requirements	19	34	13	18

HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES - Based on total family size only

Family Size	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Amount ($)	15	20	26	31	36	39	42	45

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (effective April 1, 2011)

Travel (Local): $25 per case per Policy 5-12

Shelter: Policy 5-1

Rented = rental cost heat electricity

Owned = mortgage heat electricity taxes fire insurance lot rental

Ceilings: Policy 5-1-1		Room & Board: Policy 5-3
No. of persons	Amount
Single Employable	$336	R & B with relatives	FCHP $119
1	$523	Commercial - Regular	$501
2	$661	Supplemented	$594
3	$756	Licensed CCF	Up to $1936
4	$829
Additional (Max of 7)	$46

Income- Room and Board: Policy 4-10

- Room only - $60/month or 50% of gross, whichever is greater

- Board only - $40/month or 20% of gross, whichever is greater

- Room & Board - $100/month or gross amount over $250, whichever is greater

Exemptions - On Earned Income: Policy 4-4

(Wages Babysitting Farming Fishing Self Employment Training Allowance)

- Single - first $75 10% of remaining amount

- Family - first $125 10% of remaining amount

Special Needs -

Optical: Policy 6-7

- Optical assessment fees - Max $54/assessment

- Basic frames and single vision lenses - Max $115

- Basic frames and bifocal lenses - Max $145

Transportation: Policy 6-3

- Employment/training .20/km - Max $33/week

- Medical .20/km - Max $31/month

Disabled - Refer to Policies:

- Special Care (6-4)	$40
- Medical supplies (6-4-1)
- Personal comfort (6-5)	$53
- R/B clothing (5-6)	$24
- Housekeeping/home care (6-6)
- Disability allowance (6-6-1)	$50 - $150/month
- Respite care (6-6-2)	24 days

Liquid Assets - Refer to Regulation 7(10)

Signing Authority Limits: Policy 6-1

	Worker	Supervisor	Designated Authority
Continuing special needs (per month)	$500	$1,000	$5,000
Non-continuing special needs (per year)	$500	$1,000	$5,000

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