Employment and Income Assistance Program
What is Employment and Income Assistance?
Employment and Income Assistance (EIA)
is a provincial program of last resort for people who
need help to meet basic personal and family needs. Wherever
possible, the program is aimed at helping people find
a job or get back to work.
Community Service Delivery
Income Assistance benefits
are provided through the Community Service Delivery Division,
whose objectives are to:
- provide income assistance
to persons in need;
- provide employability assessments,
personal job planning, work incentives and other supports
to
help participants
enter or re-enter the labour market; and
- provide
additional financial assistance to persons with disabilities
receiving income assistance
to help meet
the costs associated with a disability.
Who May Receive Income Assistance?
All Manitobans who are in financial need and meet the conditions of the
program may receive assistance.
Eligibility for income assistance is determined by a test of need. The total financial resources of the household are compared to the total cost of basic necessities as defined in The Employment and Income Assistance Act and Regulation. Applicants must be in financial need for the monthly cost of:
- basic needs such as food, clothing, personal needs and household supplies;
- some medical costs;
and
- housing (rent) and utilities; and some special costs if you are an adult with a disability.
For further information on Employment and Income Assistance, please
contact a Winnipeg Service Location or Rural and Northern Service Location in your area, or:
Employment and Income Assistance
Community Service Delivery
119 - 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg MB R3C 4V7
Phone: (204) 945-2177
Email: csd@gov.mb.ca
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