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" S h e s t a t e s t h a t $ 4 2 5 . 0 0 o f t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s s A p p e l l a n t ' s p r e v i o u s l a n d l o r d a n d a s k s w h e t h e r t t h e m o n e y . • A n e m a i l f r o m t h e M i n i s t r y t o t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s A d v s t a t i n g t h a t t h e M i n i s t ry c a n n o t c a n c e l o r r e i s s u e k n o w s i f t h e c h e q u e w a s s e n t i n e r r o r . • A n e m a i l f r o m a n a d v o c a t e fo r t h e A p p e l l a n t t o t h 5 : 0 1 p m , s t a t i n g t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t b e l i e v e s t h a t h o f h i s s u p p o r t m o n e y fo r N o v e m b e r . • A n e m a i l f r o m t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s A d v o c a t e t o t h e M e x p l a i n i n g t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t g a v e 3 0 d a y s n o t i c e o u t b y N o v e m b e r 1 , 2 0 1 3 . T h e l a n d l o r d r e c e i v e d d a m a g e d e p o s i t . 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• An ema il f rom th e Appellant's Advocat e to the Ministry, dated November 25, 2013 sent at 1: 23pm, as k i n g for conf ir mat i on that the cheque sent to the Appellant's previ 2013 was intende d to pay the December rent and reitera th e rent p ayments sh ould b e stopp ed . T h ree da y s pr ior to the hearing, the Ap pellant provided followi • A l etter f rom the App ella nt's Suppor tive Recovery that the Appellant is currently livi ng in th e ir facility a November 12, 2013. T he Prog ram has not r e ceived any funds fo od f unding is required. At the h earing, th e Appe llan t a n d th e Appellant' s advoca di d contac t both the residen tial t e na ncy branch and the previous landlord in an attempt to have the mon ey r etu r n ed. The tenancy br a nch was u nable to as ten an t of the la ndlo r d w h en the r ent was p aid. T he la b e cause of the damag e d one t o th e resi dence b ef ore the tenant mo Minist r y su bsequentl y sent another chequ e take n fro the la ndlo r d agr eed to return t he J anuary mo ney . At t he he a ring , th e Ministry pr ovided additiona l or al ev of the compu ter sy st e m used by t he Minis t ry . W h en acc o mmodation, the M i nistr y remo ved the sh elter ben no t required by t he Supp orti v e R e cove r y Progr am) , but sup pl ier's lis t . Bec au se the Appell a nt 's Dec embe r su d edu cted from t he Appellant 's sup port be n e fits for th support mo ney, no r do they hav e the au thority to recou questio nin g from the A ppell an t , the Minis t ry sta ted that lan dlor d af t er i t had been i ssued because it was is sued t he c heque. T he Mi ni stry cann ot r e coup f u n ds fro m a replace a lo st or st ol e n a ssistance cheque und er EAPWD endorsed. The panel determined the addi t i o n al oral an d documentary e 22(4) o f the E AA as it was in support of the records before the Minis additional evidence clarifies the M i nistry's error and the App The panel finds that the Appellant moved out of his rental accommodation by early November 2013. The Appella nt was living at a shelter in a Supportive Recovery Program beginning on November 12, 2013. The Ministry was notifi ed of these changes by November 12, 2013. On November 14, 2013, th e A p pel lant's A dvoc a t e re q uest ed t hat rent cheques s Appella nt's p r eviou s landlord . Because the Ministry suppliers list, the computing system issued a cheque in the amount amount from the Appellant's December support money, and improperly mailed it to the App previous landlord on November 2 0, 2013. When contacted, the previous lan the money. EAA T003(10/06/01) ou s landlord on November 20, ting that the Appellant had r equested t h at ng additional do cu m e ntary evid ence: Program, da te d Fe bruary 17, 2014, confirming n d h a s b een th er e s ince his i ntake on from t he M i nistry as no shelter or te provided add it i onal oral evidence that they sis t t he Appell a nt becaus e he wa s no longer a n d lo rd refus e d to ret ur n t h e December mo ney ved ou t . The y also st ated t hat the m the A ppellant's January supp or t mon ey, but ide n ce that the err or l i kel y a r ose from th e se t up t he App e lla nt move d out of h is ren t a l e f it fr om h is account (as mo ney f or shelt er is f org o t to remove t he land lo rd fro m t he ppo rt money was avail ab l e, the rent cheq u e was at m onth. T he Mi ni stry has no ability to re-iss u e p th e f un d s fr o m the l an dl o r d. I n re s ponse to t hey c ou l dn' t can c el th e chequ e to the in th e l and l ord's nam e a nd he lik ely end orsed person who is not rec ei vin g benefits a nd ca nno t R S ectio n 77 if the cheque h a s been vidence w as admissible under sec tion t er at r e consi deration. The ella nt's response. hould n ot c o n tinue to be ma iled to the fo rgot to remove the previous landlord from the of $425.00, subt racted that ellant 's dlord refuse d to re t ur n
PART F -Reasons for Panel Decision Section 24(a), Section 77, and Schedule A of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation provides the following: 24 Disability assistance may be provided to or for a family unit, for a calendar month, in an amount that is not more than (a) the amount determined under Schedule A, minus (b) the family unit's net income determined under Schedule B. Replacement of lost or stolen assistance cheque 77 If satisfied that an unendorsed assistance cheque has been lost or stolen, the minister may issue a replacement as long as, (a) in the case of theft, the matter has been reported to police, and (b) in the case of loss or theft, the recipient (i) makes a declaration of the facts, and (ii) undertakes to promptly deliver the lost or stolen cheque lo the minister if it is recovered. SCHEDULE A Disability Assistance Rates(section 24 (a)) Maximum amount of disability assistance before deduction of net income 1 (1) Subject to this section and sections 3 and 6 to 9 of this Schedule, the amount of disability assistance referred to in section 24 (a) [amount of disability assistance] of this regulation is the sum of (B.C. Reg. 197/2012) (a) the monthly support allowance under section 2 of this Schedule for a family unit matching the family unit of the applicant or recipient, plus (b) the shelter allowance calculated under sections 4 and 5 of this Schedule. (2) Despite subsection (1 ), disability assistance may not be provided in respect of a dependent child if support for that child is provided under section 8 (2) or 93 (1) (g) (ii) of the Child, Family and Commum1y Service Act. (B.C. Reg. 197/2012) Monthly support allowance 2 (0.1) For the purposes of this section: "deemed dependent children", in relation to a family unit, means the persons in the family unit who are deemed to be dependent children under subsection (5); "maximum adjustment", in relation to a family unit, means the amount the family unit would receive for a calendar month as the national child benefit supplement if (a) the family unit were entitled to receive the national child benefit supplement for the calendar month, (b) the income of the family unit, for the purposes of calculating the national child benefit supplement, were zero, and le\ all deoendent children and all deemed dependent children in the family unit were qualified dependents within the EAAT 003( 10/06/01)
meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada); "warrant" has the meaning of warrant in section 14.2 [consequences in relation to outstanding arrest warrants] of the Act.r:1(B.C. Reg. 73/2010) (B.C. Reg. 197/2012) (1) A monthly support allowance for the purpose of section 1 (a) is the sum of (a) the amount set out in Column 3 of the following table for a family unit described in Column 1 of an applicant or a recipient described in Column 2, plus (b) the amount calculated in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) for each dependent child in the family unit. fJ(B.C. Reg. 197/2012) Table 1 Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Family unit composition Age or status of applicant or recipient Amount of suooort 1 Sole applicant/recipient and no Applicant/recipient is a person with $531.42 dependent children disabilities Prorating of support allowance 3 In the calendar month that contains the date of the applicant's submission of the application for disability assistance (part 2) form, the monthly support allowance is prorated based on the number of days remaining in that calendar month, beginning with the date of that submission. (B.C. Reg. 306/2005) Monthly shelter allowance 4 (1) For the purposes of this section: "family unit" includes a child who is not a dependent child and who resides in the parent's place of residence for not less than 40% of each month, under the terms of an order or an agreement referred to in section 1 (2) of this regulation; "warrant" has the meaning of warrant in section 14.2 [consequences in relation to outstanding arrest warrants] of the Act.Ll(B.C. Reg. 73/2010) (2) The monthly shelter allowance for a family unit to which section 14.2 of the Act does not apply is the smaller of (B.C. Reg. 73/2010) (a) the family unit's actua. l shelter costs, and (b) the maximum set out in the following table for the applicable family size: Table Item Column 1 Column 2 Family Unit Size Maximum Monthly Shelter 1 1 oerson $ 3 7 5 How actual shelter costs are calculated 5 (1) For the purpose of this section, utility costs for a family unit's place of residence include only the following costs: (a) fuel for heating; (b) fuel for cooking meals; (c) water; EAAT 003( 10/06101)
( d ) h y d r o ; ( e ) g a r b a g e d i s p o s a l p r o v i d e d b y a c o m p a n y o n a r e g u l a r w e e k l y o r b i w e e k l y b a s i s ; ( f ) r e n t a l o f o n e b a s i c r e s i d e n t i a l s i n g l e l i n e t e l e p h o n e . ( 2 ) W h e n c a l c u l a t i n g t h e a c t u a l m o n t h l y s h e l t e r c o s t s o f a f a m i l y u n i t , o n l y t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s a r e i n c l u d e d : ( a ) r e n t f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e ; ( b ) m o r t g a g e p a y m e n t s o n t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e , i f o w n e d b y a p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t ; ( c ) a h o u s e i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e i f o w n e d b y a p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t ; ( d ) p r o p e r t y t a x e s f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e i f o w n e d b y a p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t ; ( e ) u t i l i t y c o s t s ; ( f ) t h e a c t u a l c o s t o f m a i n t e n a n c e a n d r e p a i r s f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e i f o w n e d b y a p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t a n d i f t h e s e c o s t s h a v e r e c e i v e d t h e m i n i s t e r ' s p r i o r a p p r o v a l . ( 3 ) I f u t i l i t y c o s ts f l u c t u a t e , t h e y m a y b e a v e r a g e d o v e r t h e p e r i o d s ( a ) b e g i n n i n g o n O c t o b e r 1 a n d e n d i n g o n M a r c h 3 1 , a n d ( b ) b e g i n n i n g o n A p r i l 1 a n d e n d i n g o n S e p t e m b e r 3 0 . ( 4 ) I f 2 o r m o r e f a m i l y u n i t s s h a r e t h e s a m e p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e , t h e a c t u a l s h e l t e r c o s t s o f a n y o n e o f t h e m a r e t h e s m a l l e r o f ( a ) t h e a m o u n t c a l c u l a t e d b y ( i ) d i v i d i n g t h e a c t u a l s h e l t e r c o s t s f o r a l l t h e f a m i l y u n i t s b y t h e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s o c c u p y i n g t h a t p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e , a n d ( i i ) m u l t i p l y i n g t h e r e s u l t b y t h e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s i n t h a t o n e f a m i l y u n i t , a n d ( b ) t h e a m o u n t d e c l a r e d b y t h e f a m i l y u n i t a s t h e s h e l l e r c o s t s f o r t h a t f a m i l y u n i t . P e o p l e r e c e i v i n g r o o m a n d b o a r d 6 ( 1 ) F o r a f a m i l y u n i t r e c e i v i n g r o o m a n d b o a r d o t h e r t h a n i n a f a c i l i t y m e n t i o n e d i n s e c t i o n 8 o r 9 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e o r f r o m a r e l a t i v e r e f e r r e d t o i n s u b s e c t i o n ( 2 ) , t h e a m o u n t r e f e r r e d t o i n s e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) [ a m o u n t o f d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ] o f t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i s t h e s m a l l e r o f ( a ) t h e s u m o f ( i ) t h e a c t u a l c o s t o f t h e r o o m a n d b o a r d , p l u s ( i i ) $ 6 0 f o r e a c h c a l e n d a r m o n t h f o r e a c h a p p l i c a n t o r r e c i p i e n t , p l u s ( i i i ) $ 4 0 f o r e a c h c a l e n d a r m o n t h f o r e a c h d e p e n d e n t c h i l d i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t , a n d ( b ) t h e a m o u n t c a l c u l a t e d u n d e r s e c t i o n s 1 t o 5 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e f o r a f a m i l y u n i t m a t c h i n g t h e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t . ( 2 ) I f a f a m i l y u n i t r e c e i v e s r o o m a n d b o a r d f r o m a p a r e n t o r c h i l d o f a n a p p l i c a n t o r a r e c i p i e n t i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t , o n l y t h e f o l l o w i n g a m o u n t s m a y b e p r o v i d e d : ( a ) t h e s u p p o r t a l l o w a n c e t h a t i s a p p l i c a b l e u n d e r s e c t i o n s 2 a n d 3 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e t o a f a m i l y u n i t m a t c h i n g t h e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t ; ( b ) R e p e a l e d ( B . C . R e g . 6 2 / 2 0 1 0 ) P e o p l e o v e r 6 5 y e a r s o f a g e 7 ( 1 ) F o r a f a m i l y u n i t t h a t i n c l u d e s a t l e a s t o n e d e p e n d a n t a n d a p e r s o n w i t h d i s a b i l i t i e s w h o h a s r e a c h e d 6 5 y e a r s o f a Q e a n d r e c e i v e s f e d e r a l o l d a a e s e c u r i t v o a v m e n t s , t h e a m o u n t r e f e r r e d t o i n s e c t i o n 2 4 l a ) { a m o u n t o f E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )
d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ] o f t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i s t h e s u m o f ( a ) t h e s u p p o r t a l l o w a n c e t h a t i s a p p l i c a b l e u n d e r s e c t i o n 2 a n a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t , p l u s ( b ) t h e m a x i m u m s h e l t e r a l l o w a n c e t h a t i s a p p l i c a b l e u n d e r s e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t . ( 2 ) S u b s e c t i o n ( 1 ) a p p l i e s r e g a r d l e s s o f t h e f a m i l y u n i t ' s a c t u a r e s i d e n t i a l a c c o m m o d a t i o n o r r e c e i v i n g r o o m a n d b o a r d . P e o p l e r e c e i v i n g s p e c i a l c a r e 8 ( 1 ) F o r a p e r s o n w i t h d i s a b i l i t i e s w h o r e c e i v e s a c c o m m o s p e c i a l c a r e f a c i l i t y d e s c r i b e d i n s u b s e c t i o n ( 3 ) ) o r a p r i v a o r s h e r e q u i r e s e x t e n d e d c a r e , t h e a m o u n t r e f e r r e d t o i n s [ a m o u n t o f d l s a b l l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ] o f t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i s t h e s ( a ) t h e a c t u a l c o s t , i f a n y , t o t h e a p p l i c a n t o r r e c i p i e n t o f t h e a c f o r t h e t y p e o f f a c i l i t y , p l u s ( b ) a c o m f o r t s a l l o w a n c e o f $ 9 5 f o r e a c h p e r s o n f o r e a c h c a l e n ( 2 ) I f t h e s p e c i a l c a r e f a c i l i t y u n d e r s u b s e c t i o n ( 1 ) i s a n a l c o h o e i t h e r o r b o t h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g w h i l e t h e a p p l i c a n t o r r e c i p i e n t i s ( a ) a c t u a l s h e l t e r c o s t s f o r t h e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s u s u a l p f a m i l y u n i t m a t c h i n g t h e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t ; ( b ) a m o n t h l y s u p p o r t a l l o w a n c e f o r t h e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t 2 a n d 3 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e m i n u s t h e p o r t i o n o f t h a t a l l o w a n c e t h r e c i p i e n t . ( 3 ) F o r a p e r s o n w i t h d i s a b i l i t i e s w h o r e c e i v e s a c c o m m o d a t i o n p r o v i d e r a s d e f i n e d i n s e c t i o n 1 o f t h e C o m m u n i t y L i v i n g A u t h o o f d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ] o f t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i s t h e s u m o f ( a ) t h e s u p p o r t a l l o w a n c e t h a t i s a p p l i c a b l e u n d e r s e c t i o n s 2 a a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t , p l u s ( b ) t h e m a x i m u m s h e l t e r a l l o w a n c e t h a t i s a p p l i c a b l e u n d e r s e a p p l i c a n t ' s o r r e c i p i e n t ' s f a m i l y u n i t . ( B . C . R e g . 7 0 / 2 0 0 7 ) P e o p l e i n e m e r g e n c y s h e l t e r s a n d t r a n s i t i o n h o u s e s 9 F o r a f a m i l y u n i t r e c e i v i n g a c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d c a r e i n a n e m i n s e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) 1 J { a m o u n t o f d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ] o f t h i s r e g u ( a ) t h e a c t u a l c o s t , i f a n y , t o t h e f a m i l y u n i t o f t h e a c c o m m o d a t t y p e o f e m e r g e n c y s h e l t e r o r t r a n s i t i o n h o u s e , p l u s ( b ) t h e s u p p o r t a l l o w a n c e c a l c u l a t e d u n d e r s e c t i o n s 2 a n d 3 o f t h e a p p l i c a n t o r r e c i p i e n t . I J ( B . C . R e g . 3 1 6 / 2 0 0 8 ) T h e M i n i s t r y d o e s n o t d e n y t h a t t h e i r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e D e c e m b e r s u p p o r t m o n e y t o b e i m p r o p e r l y s e n t t o t h t h e M i n i s t r y i s u n a b l e t o r e i s s u e s u p p o r t m o n e y a n d f r o m t h e l a n d l o r d . B e c a u s e t h e c h e a u e t o t h e A o o e l l EAA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )d 3 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e f o r a f a m i l y u n i t m a t c h i n g t h e c t i o n 4 o f t h i s S c h e d u l e f o r a f a m i l y u n i t m a t c h i n g t h e l s h e l t e r c o s t s o r w h e t h e r t h e f a m i l y u n i t i s s h a r i n g d a t i o n a n d c a r e i n a s p e c i a l c a r e f a c i l i t y ( o t h e r t h a n a t e h o s p i t a l o r w h o i s a d m i t t e d t o a h o s p i t a l b e c a u s e h e e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) u m o f c o m m o d a t i o n a n d c a r e a t t h e r a t e a p p r o v e d b y t h e m i n i s t e r d a r m o n t h . ( B . C . 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A p p e l l a n t ' s D e c e m b e r s u p p o r t m o n e y , t h e M i n i s t r y a m o u n t w i t h o u t e x c e e d i n g t h e m a x i m u m a l l o w a b l e E A P W D R S e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) S c h e d u l e A . B e c a u s e t h e c w a s e n d o r s e d , t h e M i n i s t r y i s a l s o u n a b l e t o r e i s s u 7 7 . T h e A p p e l l a n t a r g u e s t h a t h e n o t i f i e d t h e M i n i s t r y o n t e n a n t b y m i d N o v e m b e r a n d t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s a d c h e q u e s t o t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s p r e v i o u s l a n d l o r d b e d i s c w h y t h e c h e q u e w a s n ' t c a n c e l l e d a n d w h y r e n t c o n t a f t e r h e n o t i f i e d t h e M i n i s t r y t h a t h e h a d m o v e d o u t . t h e p a y m e n t w a s m a d e i n e r r o r t o h i s p r e v i o u s l a n d r e f u s e s t o r e p l a c e h i s m i s s i n g D e c e m b e r a s s i s t a n c e I n t h i s c i r c u m s t a n c e , t h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e A p p e l l a M i n i s t r y a b o u t h i s c h a n g e i n c i r c u m s t a n c e a s w e l l a m i s d i r e c t i o n o f t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s s u p p o r t m o n e y w a s M i n i s t r y . H o w e v e r , t h e E A P W D R S e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) a n d S c h e d u l e f u n d s , e v e n i f t h e M i n i s t r y m a k e s a n e r r o r . T h e l e g i s b e p r o v i d e d t o o r f o r a f a m i l y u n i t " . T h e M i n i s t r y p r o v p r o v i s i o n i n t h e l e g i s l a t i o n fo r r e i s s u i n g o r p r o v i d i n g T h e M i n i s t r y m a y i s s u e a r e p l a c e m e n t f o r a l o s t o r s 7 7 i f t h e c h e q u e w a s n o t e n d o r s e d . I n t h i s c a s e a g a o f t h e M i n i s t r y ' s a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e r r o r , t h e l e g i s l a t i o n a s s i s t a n c e c h e q u e w a s n o t e n d o r s e d . T h u s , t h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e M i n i s t r y ' s d e t e r m i n a t i o s e n t t o t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s p r e v i o u s l a n d l o r d w a s a r e a s S c h e d u l e A a n d c o n f i r m s t h e M i n i s t r y ' s r e c o n s i d e r a t E M T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )c a n n o t i s s u e a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s t o r e p l a c e t h a t d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e f o r t h a t m o n t h a c c o r d i n g t o h e q u e w a s i s s u e d i n t h e l a n d l o r d ' s n a m e a n d e a l o s t o r s t o l e n c h e q u e u n d e r E A P W D R S e c t i o n m u l t i p l e o c c a s i o n s t h a t h e w a s n o l o n g e r a v o c a t e s p e c i f i c a l l y r e q u e s t e d b y e m a i l t h a t r e n t o n t i n u e d . T h e A p p e l l a n t d o e s n o t u n d e r s t a n d i n u e d t o b e d e d u c t e d f r o m h i s s u p p o r t p a y m e n t s T h e A p p e l l a n t a r g u e s t h a t i t i s n o t h i s f a u l t t h a t l o r d . H e a r g u e s t h a t t h e M i n i s t r y a p o l o g i z e d , b u t . n t m a d e e v e r y r e a s o n a b l e e ff o r t t o i n f o r m t h e s t o r e c o u p t h e f u n d s a f t e r t h e M i n i s t r y e r r o r . T h e t h e r e s u l t o f a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e r r o r b y t h e A d o e s n o t a l l o w f o r t h e p r o v i s i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l l a t i o n s e t s d o w n t h a t " d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e m a y i d e d a s s i s t a n c e f o r t h e A p p e l l a n t . T h e r e i s n o a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s i n t h e c a s e o f a M i n i s t r y e r r o r . t o l e n a s s i s t a n c e c h e q u e u n d e r E A P W D R S e c t i o n i n , a l t h o u g h t h e c h e q u e w a s e n d o r s e d b e c a u s e o n l y p r o v i d e s f o r a r e p l a c e m e n t c h e q u e i f t h e n t o d e n y t h e a p p e l l a n t f u n d s t o r e p l a c e $ 4 2 5 . 0 0 o n a b l e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e E A P W D R S e c t i o n 2 4 ( a ) i o n d e c i s i o n .
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