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If you are a part of a family with children struggling to survive
on Social Assistance you would imagine that the Federal government's National Child
Benefit supplement, which is supposed to help alleviate child poverty, would be directed to
your family to help you meet the needs of your children because the children of families
on social assistance are among the most poor in this country. Sorry. This
benefit is not for you! It is only for poor families who have a job.
Our provincial government and Federal Government have decided that if you are on social
assistance then you are not to have this supplement. If you receive
income assistance in Ontario, the provincial government reduces your cheque at
the beginning of the month by the same amount as the Child benefit supplement that you
will receive later that month. They will treat your child's benefit as
"unearned income charge". The Province has reduced the welfare and
disability cheques of families with children!
What is the government going to do with the money that it is taking away from children
whose parents are on social assistance? Good question. The
province keeps 80% of this money for their own use and gives the remaining
20% to municipalities to spend on approved programs and
services which are intended to:
- Help to prevent and reduce the depth of child poverty, and,
- Promote employment for families.
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The City of London has
been given
millions of dollars, stolen away from welfare families. While it would have made much more sense
to give families the money to buy the food to adequately feed their kids than to start
more school breakfast programs, this has not been done.
Due to local pressure, the City of London made the decision to give
back the money to the families it was taken from via the National Child
Benefit Emergency Fund. This fund is
administered through the Memorial Boys and Girls Club. To find out if
you qualify for assistance from this fund, call 434-9117 |
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| If you haven't been
receiving the child tax benefit and your children are not registered
with Revenue Canada, then you will have to apply for the
benefit. You have three months to do so before it will be
deducted as deemed income from your OW or ODSP benefits. If more
than 11 months have passed that you were eligible to receive benefits,
you can apply for an extension if the reason for not applying for the
benefit was beyond your control. Contact LIFE*SPIN if you have
any worries or problems with applying.
You may have a good reason not to have claimed the benefit in the
past. |
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Monthly National Child Benefit Supplement
Current for income tax year 2004:(ie. payments made from July
2005 to July 2006) For info on other income tax periods, see http://www.ccra.gc.ca
Maximum amount based on family incomes up to $21,480 or less.
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| Number of children |
Child tax benefit |
National Child
Benefit Supplement |
Total benefit |
Social Assistance Deducts Benefits |
Total Benefit Remaining |
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| 1 |
$102.33 |
$143.50 |
$245.83 |
$121.91 |
$123.92 |
| 2 |
$204.67 |
$268.66 |
$473.33 |
$226.41 |
$246.92 |
| 3 |
$314.16 |
$387.00 |
$701.16 |
$324.41 |
$377.06 |
| 4 |
$423.67 |
$505.33 |
$929.00 |
$422.41 |
$506.59 |
| 5 |
$533.17 |
$623.66 |
$1156.83 |
$520.41 |
$636.42 |
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| You may qualify for an
additional amount for children under the age of 7 years.
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