The amounts received by a person serving as an intermediate or family-type resource OTHER THAN remuneration by contract and recognized by the health and social services agency ARE NOT INCLUDED in the calculation of financial assistance.
Included among family-type resources are recognized foster families to facilitate the adoption of a child. The amounts received under the Regulation respecting financial assistance to facilitate the adoption of a child ARE NOT INCLUDED in the calculation of financial assistance.
The amounts received by a tutor appointed by a court of law under the Youth Protection Act to exercise tutorship of a child ARE NOT INCLUDED in the calculation of financial assistance.
The following types of housing are EXCLUDED from the notion of foster home or group home:
- A GROUP HOME which is a residential unit attached to a rehabilitation centre;
- A resource person who, on behalf of a Child and Youth Protection Centre (CYPC), a rehabilitation centre (RC) or a residential and long-term care centre (RLTCC), supervises recipients in the social reintegration phase in a MONITORED APARTMENT or monitor a person with reduced autonomy (support family);
- Any other new category which does not qualify as a foster home or group home.
For these types of housing, the income of the persons in charge is ACCOUNTED FOR.
TEMPORARILY LIMITED CAPACITY
In his/her function as the person responsible for a family-type resource, the recipient is eligible for a temporarily limited capacity allowance. For more information, see 4.3.8.
SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS AND COHABITATION
The notion of SHARED ACCOMMODATIONS applies to a person responsible for a foster home or group home, when another person lives in the residence or is not recognized as being under tutorship.
The notion of COHABITATION applies according to the criteria given in 3.1.6.