Section 18 - Basic Assistance Rates and Specific Item Guidelines

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Therapeutic Diet and Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification (PDF 176 KB)

18.1.1 Basic Assistance Rates and Specific Item Guidelines

Policy

 
Basic assistance rate tables are contained in Schedule A of the Regulation, section 7, along with additional basic amounts applicable to participants in specific situations.
 
The following rates are payable subject to Schedule A, section 5, 8 and 9 of the Regulation. The following policies apply:
 
  • 9 Work clothing - see sections:
    • 18.4.3 Work Clothing Rates
    • 21.2.1 Work Expenses - Work Clothing
  • 5(b) Participants residing in hospitals or institutions - see section:
    • 18.3.1 Hospitals and Institutions
  • 5(a) Apportioned assistance - see sections:
    • 18.3.2 Board and Room
    • 18.3.3 Residential Care Facilities, Community Residences and Personal Care Homes
    • 18.3.4 Pre-Added Aged Participants
    • 18.3.5 Personal Amount for Persons 16 - 18 Years of Age
    • 18.3.6 Partial Assistance
    • 18.3.7 Prescription Food Supplements
    • 18.3.8 Subsidized Meals
  • 8(a) Additional amounts - see section:
  • 8(b) Additional amount for general assistance participants (grandparent clause) - see section:
  • 8(c) Additional amount for single parent families with young children - see section:
  • 8(d) Additional amount for general assistance families with children (grandparent clause) - see section:
 

18.1.2 (deleted)

 

18.1.3 Additional Amounts

In accordance with Schedule A, clauses 8(c) to (d) of the Regulation, additional amounts of assistance are payable as follows:
  1. Participants with disabilities, aged and single parent participants are eligible for an additional amount calculated as follows:
    1. Basic amount (per household):
      No assistance provided for shelter $13.30
      Board and room (general)  $38.80
      All other shelter situations:
      All persons under 65 years  $48.80  
      At least one person 65+ years $57.10
    2. Additional amounts (per person):
      Spouse $10.80
      Spouse equivalent $10.80
      Adult with a disability $7.80
      Senior citizen $9.20
  2. Single parent participants with at least one child six years of age or younger are also eligible for an additional amount of $12.00 per month. However, those with apportioned assistance, such as participants in board and room (see section 18.3.2 on Board and Room), are eligible for an additional amount of $3.80.
  3. General assistance participants who were receiving the Supplementary Benefit in April 1996 are eligible to receive the additional amount outlined for participants with disabilities, aged and single parent participants in point 1 for the duration of their current enrolment. New and re-enrolling general assistance participants are not eligible to receive this additional amount.
  4. General assistance families with children who were receiving an additional $60 per month in April 1996 are eligible to continue receiving this additional amount for the duration of their current enrolment.

18.2.1 Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities

Section 8(f) of Schedule A of the Regulation provides adult participants with disabilities with an additional monthly amount, referred to as the Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities or IAPD.
 
To be eligible for this additional assistance, participants must:
  • meet the criteria for enrolment as a person with disabilities,
  • be enrolled under the persons with disabilities category.
 
The IAPD monthly amount is $105.00 per adult with disabilities.
 
See also section 21.4.1 entitled "Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities".
 

18.3.1 Hospitals and Institutions

When participants are residing in a hospital or one of the institutions prescribed in Schedule A, section 9 of the Regulation they are eligible for the following basic assistance:
 
Participants with disabilities, aged, crisis facility or special dependent care participants $81.90
Single parent, special category participants $58.80
General assistance participants $44.60
 
Participants in a hospital "awaiting placement" in a personal care home or designated as chronic care are eligible for the basic assistance outlined for participants in board and room.
 
See also section 18.3.2 for more information on board and room assistance.
 
In family units where one or more members are living in the community, the apportioning of the basic assistance should be discussed with the Program and System Specialist since these files are rare and complex to apportion.
 
The following guidelines are provided for issuing assistance to participants in a hospital or institution:
  1. Where the participant's basic assistance is directed to a hospital or institution account, the Hospital Administrator may slightly overdraw this account in anticipation of regular monthly amounts, when the total funds required to meet current and essential needs are not available in the participant's account.
  2. No additional assistance is to be issued to participants who are especially hard on clothing. Such exceptional needs are to be met by the hospital or institution.
  3. To permit depletion of inventories, hospitals or institutions may issue clothes from their existing stores supplies, recovering costs from the participant's basic assistance.
  4. If the hospital or institution expends money from its own budget on clothing for a participant, it must be able to furnish satisfactory evidence, if required, that the participant's basic assistance has been used exclusively for these purchases.

18.3.2 Board and Room

Participants residing in a board and room situation, including per diem funded facilities, are eligible for the following basic assistance:
 
Children
 
0-6 years All households $28.60
7-11 years Table 1 households - persons with disabilities, aged, crisis facility, special dependent care participants; and
Table 3 households - general assistance participants
 $28.60
Table 2 households - single parents and 5(1)(f) participants $27.20
12-17 years Tables 1 and Table 3 households $43.00
Table 2 households $40.90
 
Adults
 
Table 1 households - persons with disabilities, aged, crisis facility, special dependent care participants Single adult $109.90
Each adult in a family $95.30
Table 2 households - single parents and 5(1)(f) participants  Single adult $85.40
Each adult with a child or children $71.70
Table 3 households - general assistance participants Single adult $66.40
Each adult in a childless couple $55.70
Each adult in a family with children $45.30
 
These participants may also be eligible for an additional amount. See also section 18.1.3 for additional amounts for basic assistance rates.
 
See section 20.1.1 Parents and Child Rates for non-per diem facilities providing board and room.
 

18.3.3 Residential Care Facilities, Chronic Care Facilities, Community Residences and Personal Care Homes

Participants residing in a residential care facility, chronic care facility, community residence or personal care home, or in a hospital "awaiting placement" in a personal care home or designated as chronic care, are eligible for the basic assistance outlined for participants in board and room.
 
EIA covers the residential fee for persons who have been enrolled with EIA prior to entering an off-reserve PCH. EIA is not responsible for the residential fee for status aboriginal persons who enter the PCH directly from the reserve or from the hospital.
 
In addition, status aboriginal persons who are placed in a PCH on reserve and receiving EIA prior to the placement, are the responsibility of INAC effective the date of placement.
 

18.3.4 Pre-Added Aged Participants

For participants who were 65 years or over on January 31, 1979, and were in receipt of assistance at that time (commonly referred to as the "pre-added aged"), the following section of the Regulation applies:
 
1(b) Where clothing and personal needs only are required by living arrangements:
iii. for a socially and physically active person
residing in a personal care institution
 $30.30 per month
iv. for a socially and physically inactive person
residing in a personal care institution
 $17.30 per month
 

18.3.5 (deleted)

 

18.3.6 Partial Assistance

Policy

 
When a member of the household is away from home for part of the time on a regular basis (e.g., when the parent has joint custody of a child or a child is away from home during the week for educational purposes), the basic assistance for that member should be prorated according to the number of days of the month that the member resides with the household. The basic assistance for this person will be the difference between the basic assistance for the household, with the member included, and the basic assistance for the household with the member excluded.
 

18.3.7 Prescribed Therapeutic Diets and Nutritional Supplements

Policies

 
Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) provides for the lowest cost nutritional supplement suitable to meet a participant’s need. A participant’s need for food supplements can be verified and prescribed by an authorized regulated health professional (see Section 18.4.2 for a list of approved regulated health professionals). Any requests for therapeutic diets or nutritional supplements must be substantiated with a medical diagnosis or a verified medical condition.

A Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form must be completed by a regulated health professional (see Section 18.4.2) whenever participants request/require a therapeutic diet or nutritional supplement. A review date for any requested diet/supplement must be indicated in the Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form as these situations are usually temporary.

All therapeutic diets requests are to be submitted for review and approval by the Disability and Health Supports Unit at:
 
Disability and Health Supports Unit (DHSU)
C/O Provincial Services
102-114 Garry Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3C 1G1
Fax: (204) 945-1436
 
In most instances, participants are not eligible for multiple therapeutic diets, or able to receive both a therapeutic diet and nutritional supplement.  If such requests are received, the DHSU will consider the diet option with highest monthly rate allowed for in policy (see Section 18.4.2) that meets the nutritional requirements of the prescribed diagnoses identified in the Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form. 

However, the DHSU may approve time-limited supports for both a therapeutic diet and a nutritional supplement if participants are engaged in specialized and monitored treatment with a regulated health professional and it is confirmed via the Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form that both nutritional needs are essential to the treatment plan.  The DHSU will approve these non-standard dietary requests based upon the duration of the prescribed treatment plan participants are engaged in. 
 
Materials Distribution Agency (MDA) is the approved provider of nutritional supplements for EIA participants. MDA ordering procedures are listed in Section 22.4.1.
 
Cash benefits for nutritional supplements can only be provided for participants in rural and northern communities to purchase nutritional supplements themselves in the following circumstances:
  • They reside in a community to which MDA does not deliver; or
  • Additional transportation costs are incurred in order for the participant to pick up an MDA delivery.
A participant’s basic assistance should be adjusted if the supplement is intended to replace all of their food needs for an ongoing period of time.  These scenarios are generally associated with participants who are involved with the Manitoba Home Nutrition Program and are receiving their total nutritional requirements through tube feeding. 

The DHSU is responsible for completing any prescribed therapeutic diet and nutritional supplement budgetary adjustments in SAMIN.
 

18.3.8 Subsidized Meals

Policy

 
Subsidized Meals refer to meals provided through organizations such as Meals on Wheels and Manitoba Housing’s Food Services Program.

Supporting information on either of the following subsidized meal options, including approvals, changes or discontinuations must be clearly documented in case notes.

Meals on Wheels (MOW)

Approval of participant requests for meal replacement options available through MOW must be supported by information collected by case coordinators from consultations with other program case workers, or through discussions with participants.  This information must confirm a temporary or prolonged reduction in the participants’ abilities to consistently prepare some or all of their daily meal requirements which could compromise their overall nutritional health.

When meal delivery services from MOW are approved, participants are required to contribute toward the cost of each meal.  Current MOW contribution rates are 75 cents per dinner and/or 35 cents per supper. Staff are to make the necessary basic assistance adjustments in SAMIN to reflect these unsubsidized participant contributions depending on the type of meal provided (e.g. dinner or supper). The balance of the cost may be met as a health need.

Note: Participant MOW approvals should be reviewed at minimum annually in order to confirm that the need still exists.

Manitoba Housing Food Services Program (MHFS)

The intent of the MHFS program is to bring property residents together in a congregate and social setting to promote resident social health and community attachment.  As a result, there are no medical/health-related requirements that must be met by participants requesting these supports.

When meal services from Manitoba Housing Food Services Program are requested by participants, contributions from their monthly benefits are to be set at 75 cents per dinner. Staff are to make the necessary basic assistance adjustments in SAMIN to reflect this unsubsidized participant contribution. The balance of the cost may be met as a health need.

Consultation with the Disability and Health Supports Unit (DHSU) must occur if participants receiving subsidized meals also request additional supports for therapeutic diets/nutritional supplements.  The DHSU, in consultation with MOW or appropriate health care professionals, will determine which dietary option allowed for in policy best meets participant needs.  Where appropriate, the DHSU will advise case coordinators of any changes to be made in SAMIN to participant monthly income assistance budgets. 
 

18.4.1 Northern Rates

Northern Allowance

In accordance with Schedule A, section 3 of the Regulation, an additional amount shall be provided to households residing in an independent living situation north of the 53rd parallel of latitude or in an area of the province east of Lake Winnipeg north of latitude 51° 12'. Independent living situations exclude living arrangements where part of the basic assistance is included in the shelter cost (e.g., board and room, residential care, community residences and personal care homes) as well as hospitals and institutions.
 
Basic assistance rates are for basic living expenses only. If shelter costs are needed, they are given in addition to the basic rates. As well, the Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities benefit of $105 per month is not included in the basic rates and is given to eligible persons in addition to the basic rate.
 
The basic assistance rates for each table of monthly rates established in the Regulation are as follows (these rates include the additional amounts set out in Schedule A, section 7).
 

Households Residing in Thompson, The Pas or Flin Flon or within a 16 kilometre radius

Table 1 rates apply to participants with disabilities, aged, crisis facility and special dependant care participants.
 
Table 1 Monthly Rates
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years One Adult Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs One Adult Basic Assistance Shelter Costs Provided Two Adults Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs Two Adults Basic Assistance Shelter Costs Provided
0 0 0 0 $357.42 $392.92 $630.70 $666.20
1 1 0 0 598.43 633.93 867.67 903.17
0 1 0 548.47 583.97 817.71 853.21
0 0 1 503.39 538.89 772.63 808.13
2 2 0 0 835.38 870.88 1,088.66 1,124.16
0 2 0 735.46 770.96 988.74 1,024.24
0 0 2 645.30 680.08 898.58 934.08
1 1 0 785.42 820.92 1,038.70 1,074.20
0 1 1 690.38 725.88 943.66 979.16
1 0 1 740.34 775.84 993.62 1,029.12
3 3 0 0 1,056.39 1,091.89 1,334.87 1,370.37
0 3 0 906.51 942.01 1,184.99 1,220.49
0 0 3 771.27 806.77 1,049.75 1,085.25
2 1 0 1,006.43 1,041.93 1,284.91 1,320.41
2 0 1 961.35 996.85 1,239.83 1,275.33
0 2 1 861.43 896.93 1,139.91 1,175.41
1 2 0 956.47 991.97 1,234.95 1,270.45
1 0 2 866.31 901.81 1,144.79 1,180.29
0 1 2 816.35 851.85 1,094.83 1,130.33
1 1 1 911.39 946.89 1,189.87 1,225.37
 
For each additional child add: $246.20 for 12-17 year olds, $196.24 for 7-11 year olds and $151.16 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Thompson, The Pas or Flin Flon or within a 16 kilometre radius

Table 2 rates apply to single parent, 5(1)(f) and special category participants.
 
Table 2 Monthly Rates
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years Basic Assistance When You Do Not Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs Basic Assistance When You Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs
0 0 0 0 $313.85 $349.35
1 1 0 0 543.54 543.54
0 1 0 496.11 531.61
0 0 1 472.55 508.05
2 2 0 0 768.59 804.09
0 2 0 673.71 709.21
0 0 2 614.59 650.09
1 1 0 721.14 756.64
0 1 1 650.15 685.65
1 0 1 697.58 733.08
3 3 0 0 978.50 1,014.00
0 3 0 836.19 871.69
0 0 3 741.51 777.01
2 1 0 931.07 966.57
2 0 1 907.51 943.01
0 2 1 812.63 848.13
1 2 0 883.62 919.12
1 0 2 824.50 860.00
0 1 2 777.07 812.57
1 1 1 860.06 895.56
 
For each additional child add: $233.86 for 12-17 year olds, $186.42 for 7-11 year olds and $150.86 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Thompson, The Pas or Flin Flon or within a 16 kilometre radius

Table 3 rates are for general assistance participants.
 
Table 3 Monthly Rates 
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years One Adult Two Adults
0 0 0 0 $267.97 $483.62
1 1 0 0 735.77
0 1 0 685.81
0 0 1 640.73
2 2 0 0 956.76
0 2 0 856.84
0 0 2 766.68
1 1 0 906.80
0 1 1 811.76
1 0 1 861.72
3 3 0 0 1,202.97
0 3 0 1,053.09
0 0 3 917.85
2 1 0 1,153.01
2 0 1 1,107.93
0 2 1 1,008.01
1 2 0 1,103.05
1 0 2 1,012.89
0 1 2 962.93
1 1 1 1,057.97
 
For each additional child add: $246.20 for 12-17 year olds, $196.24 for 7-11 year olds and $151.16 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

Table 1 rates apply to participants with disabilities, aged, crisis facility and special dependant care participants.
 
Table 1 Monthly Rates 
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years One Adult Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs One Adult Basic Assistance Shelter Costs Provided Two Adults Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs Two Adults Basic Assistance Shelter Costs Provided
0 0 0 0 $380.49 $415.99 $672.85 $708.35
1 1 0 0 642.73 678.23 930.21 965.71
0 1 0 588.96 624.46 876.44 911.94
0 0 1 539.05 574.55 826.53 862.03
2 2 0 0 900.06 935.56 1,169.87 1,205.37
0 2 0 792.52 828.02 1,062.33 1,097.83
0 0 2 692.70 728.20 962.51 998.01
1 1 0 846.29 881.79 1,116.10 1,151.60
0 1 1 742.61 778.11 1,012.42 1,047.92
1 0 1 796.38 831.88 1,066.19 1,101.69
3 3 0 0 1,139.75 1,175.25 1,437.46 1,472.96
0 3 0 978.44 1,013.94 1,276.15 1,311.65
0 0 3 828.74 864.21 1,126.42 1,161.92
2 1 0 1,085.98 1,121.48 1,383.69 1,419.19
2 0 1 1,036.07 1,071.57 1,333.78 1,369.28
0 2 1 928.53 964.03 1,226.24 1,261.74
1 2 0 1,032.21 1,067.71 1,329.92 1,365.42
1 0 2 932.39 967.89 1,230.10 1,265.60
0 1 2 878.62 914.12 1,176.33 1,211.83
1 1 1 982.30 1,017.80 1,280.01 1,315.51
 
For each additional child add: $267.58 for 12-17 year olds, $213.81 for 7-11 year olds and $163.90 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

Table 2 rates apply to single parent, 5(1)(f) and special category participants.
Table 2
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years Basic Assistance When You Do Not Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs Basic Assistance When You Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs
0 0 0 0 $335.77 $371.27
1 1 0 0 585.63 621.13
0 1 0 534.59 570.09
0 0 1 507.07 542.57
2 2 0 0 830.05 865.55
0 2 0 727.94 763.44
0 0 2 660.90 696.40
1 1 0 778.99 814.49
0 1 1 700.42 735.92
1 0 1 751.47 786.96
3 3 0 0 1,057.70 1,093.20
0 3 0 904.55 940.05
0 0 3 797.99 833.49
2 1 0 1,006.66 1,042.16
2 0 1 979.14 1,014.64
0 2 1 877.03 912.53
1 2 0 955.59 991.09
1 0 2 888.55 924.05
0 1 2 837.51 873.01
1 1 1 928.07 963.57
 
For each additional child add: $254.17 for 12-17 year olds, $203.12 for 7-11 year olds and $ 163.60 for 0-6 year olds, per month.
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

Table 3 rates apply to general assistance participants.
 
Table 3 Monthly Rate
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years One Adult 2 Adults
0 $285.96 $516.89
1 1 0 0 798.31
0 1 0 744.54
0 0 1 694.63
2 2 0 0 1,037.97
0 2 0 930.43
0 0 2 830.61
1 1 0 984.20
0 1 1 880.52
1 0 1 934.29
3 3 0 0 1,305.56
0 3 0 1,144.25
0 0 3 994.52
2 1 0 1,251.79
2 0 1 1,201.88
0 2 1 1,094.34
1 2 0 1,198.02
1 0 2 1,098.20
0 1 2 1,044.43
1 1 1 1,148.11
 
For each additional child add: $267.58 for 12-17 year olds, $213.81 for 7-11 year olds and $163.90 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Do Not Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

 
Assistance to remote communities that do not have all-weather road access is to be provided only to the following communities: Brochet; Garden Hill; God's Lake Narrows; God's River; Granville Lake; Lac Brochet; Little Grand Rapids; Oxford House; Pauingassi; Poplar River; Pukatawagan; Red Sucker Lake; St. Theresa Point; Shamattawa; South Indian Lake; Tadoule Lake; Wasagamach; and York Landing.
 
Table 1 rates apply to participants with disabilities, aged, crisis facility and special dependant care participants.
 
Table 1 Monthly Rates
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years One Adult Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs One Adult Basic Assistance  Shelter Costs Provided Two Adults Basic Assistance No Shelter Costs Two Adults Basic Assistance Shelter Costs Provided
0 0 0 0 $457.39 $492.89 $813.35 $848.85
1 1 0 0 790.37 825.87 1,138.65 1,174.15
0 1 0 723.90 759.40 1,072.18 1,107.68
0 0 1 657.89 693.39 1,006.17 1,041.67
2 2 0 0 1,115.66 1,151.16 1,440.57 1,476.07
0 2 0 982.72 1,015.22 1,307.63 1,343.13
0 0 2 850.70 886.20 1,175.61 1,211.11
1 1 0 1,049.19 1,084.69 1,374.10 1,409.60
0 1 1 916.71 952.21 1,241.62 1,277.12
1 0 1 983.18 1,018.68 1,308.09 1,343.59
3 3 0 0 1,417.59 1,453.09 1,779.40 1,814.90
0 3 0 1,218.18 1,253.68 1,579.99 1,615.49
0 0 3 1,020.15 1,055.65 1,381.96 1,417.46
2 1 0 1,351.12 1,386.62 1,712.93 1,748.43
2 0 1 1,285.11 1,320.61 1,646.92 1,682.42
0 2 1 1,152.17 1,187.67 1,513.98 1,549.48
1 2 0 1,284.65 1,320.15 1,646.46 1,681.96
1 0 2 1,152.63 1,188.13 1,514.44 1,549.94
0 1 2 1,086.16 1,121.66 1,447.97 1,483.47
1 1 1 1,218.64 1,254.14 1,580.45 1,615.95
 
For each additional child add: $338.83 for 12-17 year olds, $272.36 for 7-11 year olds and $206.35 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Do Not Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

Assistance to remote communities that do not have all-weather road access is to be provided only to the following communities: Brochet; Garden Hill; God's Lake Narrows; God's River; Granville Lake; Lac Brochet; Little Grand Rapids; Oxford House; Pauingassi; Poplar River; Pukatawagan; Red Sucker Lake; St. Theresa Point; Shamattawa; South Indian Lake; Tadoule Lake; Wasagamach; and York Landing.
 
Table 2 rates apply to single parent, 5(1)(f) and special category participants.
 
Table 2 Monthly Rates
Number of Children 12 - 17 Years 7 - 11 Years 0 - 6 Years Basic Assistance When You Do Not Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs Basic Assistance When You Receive Assistance for Shelter Costs
0 0 0 0 $408.83 $444.31
1 1 0 0 725.93 761.43
0 1 0 662.83 698.33
0 0 1 622.13 657.61
2 2 0 0 1,034.89 1,070.39
0 2 0 908.68 944.18
0 0 2 815.24 850.74
1 1 0 971.78 1,007.28
0 1 1 867.96 903.46
1 0 1 931.06 966.56
3 3 0 0 1,321.70 1,357.20
0 3 0 1,132.39 1,167.89
0 0 3 986.23 1,021.73
2 1 0 1,258.60 1,294.10
2 0 1 1,217.88 1,253.38
0 2 1 1,091.67 1,127.17
1 2 0 1,195.49 1,230.99
1 0 2 1,102.05 1,137.55
0 1 2 1,038.95 1,074.45
1 1 1 1,154.77 1,190.27
 
For each additional child add: $321.87 for 12-17 year olds, $258.77 for 7-11 year olds and $ 206.05 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Households Residing in Remote Areas That Do Not Have All-Weather Road, Rail or Water Travel Access Directly in the Community

Assistance to remote communities that do not have all-weather road access is to be provided only to the following communities: Brochet; Garden Hill; God's Lake Narrows; God's River; Granville Lake; Lac Brochet; Little Grand Rapids; Oxford House; Pauingassi; Poplar River; Pukatawagan; Red Sucker Lake; St. Theresa Point; Shamattawa; South Indian Lake; Tadoule Lake; Wasagamach; and York Landing.
 
Table 3 rates apply to general assistance participants.
 
Table 3 Monthly Rates
Number of children 12 - 17 years 7 - 11 years 0 - 6 years One Adult Two Adults
0 0 0 0 $345.90 $627.79
1 1 0 0 1,006.75
0 1 0 940.28
0 0 1 874.27
2 2 0 0 1,308.67
0 2 0 1,175.73
0 0 2 1,043.71
1 1 0 1,242.20
0 1 1 1,109.72
1 0 1 1,176.19
3 3 0 0 1,647.50
0 3 0 1,448.09
0 0 3 1,250.06
2 1 0 1,581.03
2 0 1 1,515.02
0 2 1 1,382.08
1 2 0 1,514.56
1 0 2 1,382.54
0 1 2 1,316.07
1 1 1 1,448.55
 
For each additional child add: $338.83 for 12-17 year olds, $272.36 for 7-11 year olds and $206.35 for 0-6 year olds, per month
 

Northern Energy Cost Benefit (NECB)

In addition to the northern allowance rates, the Northern Energy Cost Benefit (NECB) will be introduced for all EIA households in the northern and remote areas of Manitoba (i.e. north of the 53rd parallel or in an area of the province east of Lake Winnipeg north of latitude 51° 12'). Effective February 1, 2006, the NECB will increase the monthly basic benefits of EIA households residing in these areas by $25 per household. The NECB is not included in the above monthly basic assistance rates.
 
The NECB is intended to assist with the increase in the cost of basic necessities resulting from rising energy costs, such as the increased cost of transporting goods to northern and remote communities, which is included in the cost of these items. The NECB is not intended to assist with rising utility and fuel costs as the EIA program provides assistance for the actual cost of these items.
 

18.4.2 Therapeutic Diets

In accordance with Schedule A, section 4 of the Regulation, when a therapeutic diet is required, the monthly basic assistance may be increased to enable the participant to purchase the food items required. This additional special diet rate may be paid only when the diet is prescribed by one of the following regulated health professionals:
  • physician,
  • registered physician assistant,
  • registered dietician,
  • registered nurse practitioner,
  • licensed practical nurse,
  • registered nurse, or
  • registered midwife
 
Requests for therapeutic diets from a regulated health professional as listed above must be substantiated by a medical diagnosis and associated tests, or a verified medical condition that is an indicator for the diet.  The Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form is to be used in all circumstances where participants require a therapeutic diet or nutritional supplement.
 
All therapeutic diet requests are to be reviewed and approved by the Disability and Health Supports Unit. When a therapeutic diet is approved, items are to be purchased through the Materials Distribution Agency (MDA). MDA ordering procedures are listed in Section 22.4.1.
 
Rates for common types of special diets are delineated under Rates for Standard Therapeutic Diets. These rates are intended for adult participants with the exception of the soybean based formula for infants.
 

Non-Standard Therapeutic Diets

Requests for non-standard therapeutic diets (including pediatric therapeutic diet or nutritional supplement requests) must be reviewed by the DHSU and substantiated by a regulated health processional (listed above) using the Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification form. 

A registered midwife is not authorized to approve non-standard therapeutic diets. 
 The completed forms should be sent to:
 
Disability and Health Supports Unit (DHSU)
C/O Provincial Services
102-114 Garry Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3C 1G1
Fax:  (204) 945-1436
 
These requests should be marked "Confidential."
 
Some participants may be undergoing specialized treatment plans with medical professionals that may require additional nutritional supports.  In these exceptional circumstances, along with a completed Therapeutic Diet/Nutritional Supplement Request and Justification Form, DHSU may consider approving an appropriate nutritional supplement to help enhance the participants’ nutritional requirements.
 

Adjustment of Therapeutic Diet Rates for Persons Residing in Northern or Remote Communities
For participants living in northern and remote communities, and receiving the northern allowance, the special diet rates should be increased by:


40% - in Thompson, Flin Flon or The Pas, or within a 16 kilometre radius;
55% - in remote areas that have all-weather road, rail or water travel access;
105% - in remote areas that do not have all-weather road, rail or water travel access.

Rates for Standard Therapeutic Diets

NOTE: The same diet may have different names. Therefore, some of the diets listed below are grouped according to their most frequently used names. The rates beside each group apply to each diet named within that group. However, for SAMIN purposes the Need Code for all diets within the group is the code for the diet name that appears first within the grouping.

 
Name of Diet: Cost per Month:
Bland No. 2
Ulcer diets of any kind
Gastric diets of any type
Low Residue Bland or ulcer
diets using pureed foods		 add $36.20 to the budget
Combination Diets:
Diabetic diet plus Controlled Sodium
Diabetic diet plus Controlled Fat
Diabetic diet plus Modified Fat 		use appropriate Diabetic Diet
Modified fat diet plus Controlled Sodium add $33.40 to the budget
Controlled Calorie (for all types of weight reduction) no additional assistance is provided
Controlled Fat Diet No. 1
Low Cholesterol
Modified Fat, Controlled Carbohydrate
Modified Fat 		add $33.40 to the budget
Controlled Fat Diet No. 2
Low total fat
Gall bladder
Restricted Fat 		add $32.40 to the budget
Controlled Protein/Low Protein (40 grams or less) add $153.22 to the budget
Controlled Sodium 130-217 mmol
(3 to 5 grams) or 87 mmol (2 grams)		 add $32.80 to the budget
Chronic Conditions
Note: for chronic or prolonged medical diagnoses requiring enhanced nutritional requirements but without evidence of unintentional weight loss/wasting or protein needs >100 grams or energy needs >3000 calories daily.
 add $81.63 to the budget
 
Gluten Free
Celiac Disease/Wheat Allergy
Note:  as confirmed via biopsy or antibody testing		 add $171.62 to the budget
High Protein/High Calorie
Exceeds 100 grams protein and 3000 cals daily
Note: considered where a Chronic Condition medical diagnosis includes evidence of unintentional weight/wasting or protein needs >100 grams or energy needs >3000 calories daily.		 add $136.93 to the budget
Soybean Based Formula for Birth to one year of age add $19.63 per month to the budget
Renal add $59.33 per month to the budget

Diabetic*

Note: confirmed diagnosis of diabetes is required (fasting plasma glucose test or A1C test).

Additional funds are not provided for a diagnosis of pre-diabetic.
4000 kj (1000 kcal)
5000 kj (1200 kcal)
6500 kj (1500 kcal)
7500 kj (1800 kcal)
8500 kj (2000 kcal)
9000 kj (2200 kcal)
9500 kj (2300 kcal)
10000 kj (2400 kcal)
10500 kj (2500 kcal)
11000 kj (2600 kcal)
11500 kj (2700 kcal)
12000 kj (2800 kcal)
12500 kj (3000 kcal)


 

add $27.27 to the budget
add $31.35 to the budget
add $51.46 to the budget
add $67.49 to the budget
add $81.63 to the budget
add $101.74 to the budget
add $115.84 to the budget
add $126.38 to the budget
add $136.93 to the budget
add $145.07 to the budget
add $153.84 to the budget
add $165.52 to the budget
add $171.49 to the budget
NOTE: These rates are for diabetic diets only and
are not to be interpreted for any other diet regardless
of calorie level stated on a participant's diet sheet.

 

18.4.3 Work Clothing Rates

The rate for work clothing is provided under Schedule A, section 9 of the Regulation. This assistance is available to employed participants who are enrolled under the persons with disabilities or aged categories and is granted in full to persons employed more than half-time (i.e., *more than 10 days, or 80 hours, per month*). For persons working half-time or less, one-half of the current work clothing rate is to be granted.
 
The earnings exemption provided to participants enrolled under other categories of assistance (e.g., single parents and general assistance participants) is intended to cover work clothing expenses.
 
See section 16.3.4 for more information on "Allowable Expenses as Work Incentives".
 
Persons employed in their own homes are not eligible for additional assistance for work clothing.
 
In accordance with the policy in section 21.2.1, the cost of specialized clothing may be met at the discretion of the director or designate.