An adult staying in a centre offering addiction treatment services is considered to be eligible for last resort financial assistance. This person may be found to have a temporarily limited capacity for employment (TLCE), which is demonstrated through the attestation of a specialist working in the health and social services network or an addiction worker at the centre. The TLCE allowance may also be granted when the person staying in an addiction treatment centre provides proof of a civil or criminal judgment whose terms make mention of this type of stay or any document presenting the stay as a condition of release of the accused.
APPLICATION FOR LAST RESORT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
When an application is made for last resort financial assistance, a single person who is staying in a centre offering addiction treatment services receives the TLCE allowance beginning in the month of his or her application, proportionate to the number of days left in the month.
CLIENT RECEIVING LAST RESORT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
A single person who is a client at the time of being admitted to a centre offering addiction treatment services is eligible for the TLCE allowance in the month following his or her admission.