53. Despite section 52, an independent adult or a family who is eligible to receive dental and pharmaceutical services pursuant to section 48 or to whom financial assistance is granted under the Aim for Employment Program or a specific program, and who makes an application during that period or in the month following that period is ineligible under the program if the liquid assets owned on the date of application exceed an amount established as follows:Number of adults | Number of dependent children | Liquid assets |
1 | 0 | $2,500 |
1 | 1 | $5,517 |
1 | 2 | $5,830 |
2 | 0 | $5,000 |
2 | 1 | $5,343 |
2 | 2 | $5,656 |
The amount is increased by $313 for the third dependent child and for each additional child. In the case of an adult with a spouse who is a recipient under the Basic Income Program, the amounts to be considered are those applicable to the situation of only 1 adult.
Liquid assets owned by the family of an ineligible student’s spouse may not exceed $2,500, which is increased by $343 for the first dependent child and by $313 for each additional child. The amounts are also increased by $229 for any dependent child receiving a supplement for handicapped children under the Taxation Act. In the case of an adult who is a minor sheltered with her dependent child, the liquid assets owned on the date of application may not exceed $2,500.
O.C. 1073-2006, s. 53; O.C. 1096-2006, s. 2; O.C. 1064-2007, s. 2; O.C. 1145-2008, s. 2; O.C. 1279-2009, s. 2; O.C. 1026-2010, s. 2; 1085-2017O.C. 1085-2017, s. 51; 1140-2022O.C. 1140-2022, s. 101.