Health and Social Services
Social Assistance Review Hearing
If you aren’t satisfied with a decision about your Social Assistance eligibility or the amount of Social Assistance you receive, you can ask for a Review Hearing.* At the Review earing, you will be able to have your issues reviewed by the Social Assistance Review Committee. They will determine if decisions regarding your case were made fairly.
To ask for a Review Hearing, fill in a review form (available at the front counter of Social Assistance offices) and give it to the person at the front counter. The Executive Secretary will
inform you of the next review date.
- If you already receive Social Assistance, you will continue to receive it while you wait for your Review Hearing.
- The Hearing will take place within 30 days of receiving the request for a review or as soon as it is possible to have a quorum to hold the review.
- You will be given at least seven (7) days’ notice of the date of your Review Hearing.
- You need to bring all the information you think will help you with your review.
- If you can’t make it to the Review Hearing, you must call the Social Assistance office and reschedule. If you don’t, the Committee can make a decision without you. You may send a representative to speak on your behalf.
Please read our review hearing brochure for more information on what you should know and what will happen in a Social Assistance Review.
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