26. An independent adult required to reside in a half-way house is eligible for financial assistance from the month in which the adult begins residing in the half-way house and(1) is authorized to be temporarily absent from a correctional facility or a community correctional centre for reintegration purposes under section 54 or 136 of the Act respecting the Québec correctional system (chapter S-40.1); or (2) has been conditionally released under section 143 of that Act.
For the purposes of this section, a half-way house means a community residential centre, a community shelter or a foster home bound by a partnership agreement or service contract with the Minister of Public Security to facilitate the reintegration of the persons required to reside there.
O.C. 1073-2006, s. 26; O.C. 456-2008, s. 2.