ALL single-parent families are eligible to receive a monthly supplement of $108.33.
Adjustments for single-parent families under the destitution clause are paid as conditional assistance subject to a right being realized or as a supplement, when a family does not receive the full amounts from the RRQ. The amount received from the RRQ is deducted from the allowance increase the family is entitled to. If the result is positive, this amount shall be paid as a supplement.
This supplement is considered:
- a monthly adjustment included in the “family allowance destitution clause” adjustment where the family has at least one MINOR child who is ELIGIBLE to the children support payment
- a separate adjustment in other cases.
Contrary to the general rule, the single-parent family supplement is not prorated ON THE BASIS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF CUSTODY TIME IN THE CASE OF SHARED CUSTODY because additional costs related to the single-parent family status are almost completely attributable to the housing costs which each parent must meet.
N.B.When the person is separated de facto from his or her spouse but that this separation is not final, for instance during a period of imprisonment, the Officer cannot oblige him or her to declare he or she is separated to Canada Revenue Agency. The single-parent family supplement is then paid by the Income Security since the family is a single-parent family at the Income Security after the 3rd month of imprisonment, even if it remains a two-parent family at Canada Revenue Agency.
When the RRQ grants the single-parent family supplement, while the individual is deemed to have a same sex spouse at the Income Security, this supplement just as all amounts paid by the RRQ as children support payment reduces the AF adjustments. These families will be temporarily favoured up until the next re-evaluation by the RRQ of the eligibility to the children support payment. The Officer does not have to refer them to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to have the family composition modified.