Penticton Indian Band

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  200 Westhills Drive
  RR#2 Site 80 Comp.19 
  Penticton, B.C. V2A 6J7
  Ph: (250) 493-0048
  Fax: (250) 493-2882
  Toll Free: 1-877-493-0048

Special Allowance

All of these programs require that you already be receiving or are qualified to receive regular social assistance, PPMB, PWD, and/ or GFA. Please contact Social Services Department for more information Phone (250) 493-0048.

Incentive Allowance
For individuals 15 years or older who does volunteer work for a non-profit organization, private agency, government office or private sector business.
Special Needs Allowance
For people who are facing a one-time financial emergency that can't be covered by regular social assistance. Payment is dependant on the priorities of the administering authority and money availability.
Natal Allowance
For expectant moters or parent's with a child(ren) under 7 months old you may be entitled to receive an extra amount per month to go towards the extra costs of pregnancy.
Infant Formula Allowance
is available for a baby's first 12 months when breastfeeding is impossible or ill-advised. A doctor's confirmation of the medical condition which prevents breastfeeding is required. In addition, babies with special dietary needs can receive specialized formula for an unspecified time period.
Diet Allowance
If you or your dependants have a medical condition that requires a special and sometimes expensive diet you may be entitled to receive a dietary alowance. You will need to provide proof such as a doctors letter stating you have special dietary needs. IF you are pregnant and receiving the natal allowance but your special diet isn't pregnancy related you can recieve both benefits. You don't qualify for this allowance if you are receiving a hardship allowance.
Camp Fee Allowance
IF the administering authority has the available funds in the special needs budget, adults with PWD designation and children of families on SA may get funds to attend a recognized camp once per year. Children with disabailities and children of long time SA recipients have priority.
December Supplementary Allowance
If your family is on income assistance, excluding GFA, you may be entitled to receive additional monies to help with Christmas and holiday expenses.
School Start-up Allowance
Available only to dependant childern who are non-status and under 18 yrs old who are or may be attending kindergarten or grade school full time to help with the back-to-school costs.
Work Clothes/ Work Transportation Benefit
To clients who are returning to work they may be eligible to receive $200.00 to cover the necessary clothing and local transportation costs of going back to work. Providing the Adminitrative Authority has the available funds in the special needs budget. You will need to provide something in writing which states the start date of your employment and two different estimates for items requested.
Workforce Entry Benefit
To clients who are returning to work they may be eligible to receive $200.00 to cover the necessary clothing and one month's local transportation costs. Providing the Adminitrative Authority has the available funds in the special needs budget. You will need to provide something in writing which states the start date of your employment and two different estimates for items requested. You may receive BOTH the Workforce Entry Benefit and the Work Clothes/ Work Transportation Benefit both of which are only available once every twelve months.
Moving Costs
You may be eligible for assistance with moving costs if:

*you are unemployed and need to move to accept a confirmed job offer;
*you are moving to repatriate your family to your home reserve;
*you are forced into a local move because your home has been destroyed, unfit for habitation, about to be demolished or occupied by the owner.

You must provide in writing the reasons for your move and two estimates of the moving costs from licenced movers, truck rental agencies before receiving this allowance.
This allowance IS NOT available to people who are moving off reserve to live on reserve, UNLESS they are repatriating in the best interest of themselves and their dependant children. Nor is it available for someone to move from the reserve to a house, apartment, etc...off-reserve if other suitable on-reserve housing is available to them. People who have been evicted for their own doings are also not eligible for moving costs.
Special Transportation
If there is monies available in the special needs budget you may be eligible for assistance with transportation costs including meals and shelter within BC to attend:

*a rehabilitation centre
*a family court hearing as a witness for a faimly member
*a training program at a not-for-profit achievement centre for people with disabilities or
*to visit a parent or spouse in an institution where it is requested by a physician or other institutional authority.

It is also available to someone taken to court who doesn't have the funds to return home. NOTE: Status persons who need medical transportation will be referred to MSP branch of Health Canada as they are responsible or status individuals.

Guide Dog Allowance
Is for you or your dependant member of your family to use a registered guide dog, you may be eligible to receive $62.00/month to help with the costs of maintaining the dog.