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P A R T F R e a s o n s f o r P a n e l D e c i s i o n T h e i s s u e i n t h i s a p p e a l i s t h e r e a s o n a b l e n e s s o f t h 2 0 1 4 , w h i c h h e l d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t i s n o t e l i g i b l e f o p u r s u a n t t o s e c t i o n 5 7 o f t h e E A P W D R b e c a u s e t h e t h a t h e r n e e d f o r s u m m e r c l o t h i n g i s u n e x p e c t e d ; s h c l o t h i n g ; a n d f a i l u r e t o o b t a i n t h e c l o t h i n g w i l l r e s u l t T h e f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n s o f t h e l e g i s l a t i o n a p p l y t o t h e E A P W D A I n c o m e a s s i s t a n c e a n d s u p p l e m e n t s : S e c t i o n 5 s t a t e s t h a t : S u b j e c t t o t h e r e g u l a t i o n s , t h e s u p p l e m e n t t o o r f o r a f a m i l y u n i t t h a t i s e li g i b l e f o r E A P W D R C r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t : P u r s u a n t t o s e c t i o n 5 7 : ( 1 ) T h e m i n i s t e r m a y p r o v i d e a c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t t o a s s i s t a n c e o r h a r d s h i p a s s i s t a n c e i f ( a ) t h e f a m i l y u n i t o r a p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t r e q u e x p e n s e o r o b t a i n a n i t e m u n e x p e c t e d l y n e e d e d a n d b e c a u s e t h e r e a r e n o r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e t o t h e f a m ( b ) t h e m i n i s t e r c o n s i d e r s t h a t f a i l u r e t o m e e t t h e e x ( i ) i m m i n e n t d a n g e r t o t h e p h y s i c a l h e a l t h o f a n y p e r ( i i ) r e m o v a l o f a c h i l d u n d e r t h e C h il d , F a m i l y a n d C o ( 2 ) A c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t m a y b e p r o v i d e d o n l y f o r t h e r e q u e s t f o r t h e s u p p l e m e n t i s m a d e . ( 3 ) A c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t m a y n o t b e p r o v i d e d f o r t h e ( a ) a s u p p l e m e n t d e s c r i b e d i n S c h e d u l e C , o r ( b ) a n y o t h e r h e a l t h c a r e g o o d s o r s e r v i c e s . ( 4 ) A c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t p r o v i d e d f o r f o o d , s h e l t e r o r ( c ) i f f o r c l o t h i n g , t h e a m o u n t t h a t m a y b e p r o v i d e d m ( i ) $ 1 0 0 f o r e a c h p e r s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t i n t h e 1 2 c a p p l i c a t i o n f o r t h e c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t , a n d ( i i ) $ 4 0 0 f o r t h e f a m i l y u n i t i n t h e 1 2 c a l e n d a r m o n t h c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t . E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )e m i n i s t r y ' s r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n o f M a r c h 1 9 , r a c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t t o p u r c h a s e c l o t h i n g a p p e l l a n t d i d n o t p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n t o e s t a b l i s h e h a s n o r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e t o o b t a i n t h e i n i m m i n e n t d a n g e r t o h e r p h y s i c a l h e a l t h . a p p e l l a n t ' s c i r c u m s t a n c e s i n t h i s a p p e a l : m i n i s t e r m a y p r o v i d e i n c o m e a s s i s t a n c e o r a i t . o r f o r a f a m i l y u n i t t h a t i s e l i g i b l e f o r d i s a b i l i t y i r e s t h e s u p p l e m e n t t o m e e t a n u n e x p e c t e d i s u n a b l e t o m e e t t h e e x p e n s e o r o b t a i n t h e i t e m i l y u n i t , a n d p e n s e o r o b t a i n t h e i t e m w i l l r e s u l t i n s o n i n t h e f a m i l y u n i t , o r m m u n i t y S e r v i c e A c t . c a l e n d a r m o n t h i n w h i c h t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o r p u r p o s e o f o b t a i n i n g c l o t h i n g i s s u b j e c t t o t h e f o l l o w i n g l i m i t a t i o n s : u s t n o t e x c e e d t h e s m a l l e r o f a l e n d a r m o n t h p e r i o d p r e c e d i n g t h e d a t e o f p e r i o d p r e c e d i n g t h e d a t e o f a p p l i c a t i o n f o r t h e
A p p e l l a n t ' s P o s i t i o n I n h e r N o t i c e o f A p p e a l d a t e d M a r c h 3 0 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e c l o t h i n g a l l o w a n c e . " I n h e r s u b m i s s i o n s h e a r g u e s b e c a u s e s h e h a s t o u s e m o r e o f h e r d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s H e a l t h y d i e t h e r d o c t o r p r e s c r i b e d f o r h e r , a n d s h e f u r t h e r a r g u e s t h a t c o m m u n i t y c l o t h i n g r e s o u r c e s a s h e s i g n e d w i t h h e r l a n d l o r d d o e s n o t a l l o w u s e d c l p r o b l e m s w i t h b e d b u g s . M i n i s t ry ' s P o s i t i o n T h e m i n i s t r y ' s p o s i t i o n i s t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t d i d n o t m s u p p l e m e n t p u r s u a n t t o s u b s e c t i o n 5 7 ( 1 ) o f t h e E A U n e x p e c t e d e x p e n s e o r i t e m u n e x p e c t e d l y n e e d T h e m i n i s t r y a r g u e d t h a t t h e n e e d f o r s u m m e r c l o t h N o v e m b e r d o e s n o t c r e a t e a n u n e x p e c t e d n e e d f o r t h e a p p e l l a n t " h a d p l e n t y o f t i m e t o p l a n f o r t h e e x p e N o r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e , p a r a g r a p h 5 7 ( 1 ) ( a ) : T h e m i n i s t r y n o t e d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t h a d r e c e i v e d t ( $ 4 0 i n c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t s a n d $ 1 0 0 f o r c l o t h i n g ) , a n c l o t h i n g n e e d t h r o u g h h e r d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e a n d I m m i n e n t d a n g e r t o p h y s i c a l h e a l t h , c l a u s e 5 7 ( 1 T h e m i n i s t r y w a s n o t s a t i s f i e d t h a t a " f a i l u r e t o p r o v i r e s u l t i n i m m i n e n t d a n g e r t o t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s h e a l t h . T f a c e i m m i n e n t d a n g e r i f s h e u s e d h e r c u r r e n t c l o t h i n m a y o b t a i n . P a n e l D e c i s i o n T h e p a n e l n o t e s t h e m i n i s t r y ' s i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t t h e a t h e r e f o r e m e e t s t h a t r e q u i r e m e n t i n s u b s e c t i o n 5 7 ( 1 t h e c a l e n d a r p e r i o d f o r t h e s u p p l e m e n t a s t h e a p p e l s i n c e F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 3 w h e n s h e s u b m i t t e d h e r n e w a a p p e l l a n t a r g u e d i n h e r N o t i c e o f A p p e a l t h a t s h e i s t h a t s e c t i o n 5 o f t h e E A P W D A d o e s n o t c o n f e r a n y e d i s c r e t i o n t o p r o v i d e a c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t t o a f a m i l y E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )a p p e l l a n t s t a t e s " I b e l i e v e I a m e n t i t l e d t o a t h a t h e r n e e d f o r s u m m e r c l o t h i n g i s u n e x p e c t e d t a n c e f o r f o o d a s a r e s u l t o f t h e c o s t l i e r H e a r t h a s l o s t " a l o t o f w e i g h t " s i n c e N o v e m b e r . S h e r e n o t a n o p t i o n f o r h e r b e c a u s e t h e a g r e e m e n t o t h i n g t o b e b r o u g h t i n t o t h e b u i l d i n g d u e t o p a s t e e t t h e t h r e e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r a c r i s i s c l o t h i n g W P D R . e d , p a r a g r a p h 5 7 ( 1 ) ( a ) : i n g i s n o t u n e x p e c t e d , a n d s o m e w e i g h t l o s s s i n c e s u m m e r c l o t h i n g . T h e m i n i s t r y ' s p o s i t i o n i s t h a t n s e . " w o s u p p l e m e n t s w i t h i n t h e p a s t t w e l v e m o n t h s d a r g u e d t h a t s h e h a s r e s o u r c e s t o m e e t h e r c o m m u n i t y r e s o u r c e s . ) ( b ) ( i ) : d e n e w c l o t h e s o r a c r i s i s s u p p l e m e n t " w o u l d h e m i n i s t r y a r g u e d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t w o u l d n o t g a n d p r o p e r l y l a u n d e r e d a n y u s e d c l o t h i n g s h e p p e l l a n t i s e l i g i b l e f o r d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e a n d ) o f t h e E A P W D R . A l s o , t h e r e i s n o d i s p u t e o v e r l a n t h a d n o t r e c e i v e d a c r i s i s c l o t h i n g s u p p l e m e n t p p l i c a t i o n o n F e b r u a r y 1 1 , 2 0 1 4 . A l t h o u g h t h e " e n t i t l e d t o a c l o t h i n g a l l o w a n c e " , t h e p a n e l n o t e s n t i t l e m e n t b u t i n s t e a d g i v e s t h e m i n i s t r y t h e u n i t w h e n a l l e l i g i b i l i t y c r i t e r i a a r e m e t .
Unexp ecte d expense or item u nexpectedly nee ded Th e panel finds that the mi nistry reas onabl y deter mined un expec ted be cau se sh e c urr e ntl y h as clothing a nd w e ll, th e m in is try not ed tha t the app el lan t's weight lo tha t she h ad tim e to plan fo r he r clo thi ng need. Furth mu ch weig ht th e appell ant ha d l os t. Bas ed o n thi s ev m in istry was reasonab l e in de term ini ng that th e app a s re qu i re d by p ara gra ph 57( 1 )(a) . No resources av ailable, EAPWDR par agr aph 57(1)(a The panel fi nds t hat the min ist ry rea s o nab ly determined that the ap re s o urces crit erio n p ursua nt to pa rag rap h 57(1 )( a). th at sh e has h ig he r food costs due t o her H ealthy Hea s t at es t hat the app ellan t's high er foo d c osts make i t ph y sicia n d oes no t in dic ate that t he appell ant i s without F ur t her, th e mi n i stry no ted that t he a pp ellan t is r ec eivi e x p en s e s an d t h at co m mun i t y cl o thing r es ources ar e v ide nce t o indic at e t h e appellant c o ntac ted comm uni attemp t to spread h er resourc e s f urther. Although she ar h er buil din g, th e pan el notes that t here is no t an y out lan dlord . T h e a gree men t c learl y states that u s ed cl o inspect ed and ap prove d" b y the b uil din g manager. I m min e n t dange r t o p hysica l hea l t h, EAP WD R cl Lastly, t he pan el find s that t he mini stry re aso nab ly determine crit e rion for th e crisi s supplement und er cl a use 5 7( 1 i m minent dange r as the app ell ant cou l d wear he r curre clothing s h e m a y obtai n. The pan el notes that th e appellant had not provided evidence of imminent dang er to her physic al health if she did not receive th Her evidence indicat ed a past problem with bed bugs in her building b curre nt bed bugs or any explanation regarding h ow n imminent danger. The physici an' s evidence in the April 2, 2014 letter is that the appellant "would a ppreciate a clothing al lowance" because s he is on da nger to her he alt h would occur without the clothing supplement. In conclusion, the panel finds that the ministry' s denial of the appellant's request for a crisis supplement for clothing was reasonably supported by the evidence. The panel therefore ministry's recon si d eration decision. EMT003(10/06/01) , EA PWDR pa r a graph 57(1 )(a): that the ap pel lan t's ne ed fo r c lothing was no t t he ne w ite ms she ne eds are f or summer. As ss was gra dual ov e r several m on ths and ar gue d erm ore, t here is no infor matio n reg ardin g h ow idenc e and log ic, t he pa nel fi nds that th e ell an t di d no t meet th e unexpected n eed criter i on ): pe l la nt di d not meet the l ack of Whil e t he p an el accept s the appellant 's ev id enc e r t d ie t , th e Apri l 2 , 201 4 let ter f rom a ph ysi cia n "less eas y" for h er to purcha se clothi ng. The resourc e s . ng disa bi lit y assistan c e to c over h er li ving e a v a i la ble. T h e panel not es that t her e i s no ty r esour ces r e garding s u mm er cl o thin g in an gued that she canno t br ing used cloth i n g into r ight pro hib i t i o n in the agreement with h er thin g is no t t o be brou ght in "un l e ss first ause 57 ( 1 )(b )(i): d tha t the ap pell ant do es not meet the )(b) ( i) . The minis t ry ar gued th ere wo uld be n o nt c lothing a nd p rop erly lau nder any used e crisis supplement to obta i n summer clothing. ut there w as no me ntion o f ew s u mmer c lothin g would protect h er from disability. He does not indicate t h at an y imminent confirms the
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