Leaving assistance

Most people are better off working than receiving assistance. Your income from a job could be much more than what you receive from assistance. After you leave assistance, you and your family may:

• Keep a portion of your medical benefits
• Continue to qualify for other provincial and federal programs

Contact us to find out what you could be able to receive when you leave assistance.

Families with children

• Affordable Child Care Benefit

If you earn a low income, you could get help to cover child care fees.

• B.C. Sales Tax Credit

You could get a credit for each adult in your family as part of your income tax refund.

• Canada Child Benefit

If your family income is less than a certain amount each year, you could get extra money based on the number of children in your family.

• National Child Benefit

If your family income is less than a certain amount each year, you could get extra money based on the number of children in your family.

• GST/HST Credit

If you are a low-income family, you can get money to help offset the costs of paying the GST on taxable purchases.

• Healthy Kids Program

If you qualify for MSP premium assistance, you may be able to get help paying for your children's basic dental and vision care.

• Climate Action Tax Credit

If you are a low-income family, you could get this credit for each adult and child in your family. It is paid quarterly together with the federal GST credit.

• Medical Services Only

If you or someone in your family received disability assistance, is a person with persistent multiple barriers or lives in a special care facility, you could keep some of your extra health coverage.

• Rental Assistance Program (RAP) 

If you earn less than a certain amount each year, your family could get help with paying rent.

• Transitional Health Services

All families get money each month for their children under 17. Unlike all other benefits, this is taxable income.

• Working Income Tax Benefit

If you earn a low income, you could get a supplement to your annual earnings.

Families with no children

• B.C. Sales Tax Credit

You could get a credit for each adult in your family as part of your income tax refund.

• Fair PharmaCare Plan

You could be eligible to get a certain percentage of your drug costs covered. This is subject to a deductible based on your total income.

• GST/HST Credit

If you're a low or middle-income single, you can get money to help offset the costs of paying the GST on taxable purchases.

• Climate Action Tax Credit

You could get this credit for each adult in your family. It is paid quarterly together with the federal GST credit.

• Medical Services Only

If you or someone in your family received disability assistance, is a person with persistent multiple barriers or lives in a special care facility, you could keep some of your extra health coverage.

• Medical Services Plan (MSP)

You could get premium-free MSP coverage if your total income is under the limit for premium assistance.

• Working Income Tax Benefit

If you earn a low income, you could get a supplement to your annual earnings.