Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime
Government of Canada - Employment and Social Development Canada
- Description
- Provides income support to parents or guardians who took time away from work after the death or disappearance of a child.
Service provides:
- income support for parents or guardians who took leave from work to cope with the death or disappearance of a child
- income support payment of $500.00 per week, paid every 2 weeks, for a maximum of 35 weeks over 3 years
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to parents:
- who are legally responsible for the child or children involved in the incident
- who earned at least $5,000 in the previous calendar year, or in the 52 weeks prior to the incident
- who are on leave from employment or only working up to 50 % of your regular work week, up to a maximum of 20 hours per week
- who have a valid social insurance number
- no receiving any type of Employment Insurance benefits
- who have not been charged with committing a probable Criminal Code offence that led to the death or disappearance of the child
- the child is deceased or missing as a result of a probable Criminal Code offence that occurred on or after September 30, 2018
- the child was under 25 years of age
- in the case of a missing child, the child has been missing for over a week
- Application Process
- Service Access: Application Required, To access service:
- by phone, request information, forms and help completing applications
- visit website to apply online
- visit website to download the form, which can be mailed or dropped of at a Service Canada Centre
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: N/A,
- Toll Free
- 1-800-622-6232
- TTY
- 1-800-926-9105
- Web Site
- https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/parents-murdered-missing-children.html
- EDSC.DGPSI.OSC.PJVC-PYVC.OSO.BISB.ESDC@servicecanada.gc.ca(SpecializedagentfortheCanadianBenefitforParentsofYoungVictimsofCrime)
- Languages
- English; French
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- July 15, 2024
- Hours of Operation
- Mon08:00 AM to 05:00 PMTue08:00 AM to 05:00 PMWed08:00 AM to 05:00 PMThu08:00 AM to 05:00 PMFri08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
The hours listed above are for the Service Canada telephone service.