Just when you thought @jkenney & @RajanJSaw couldn’t possibly do any more damage to #AISH...

THEY RE-WROTE THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA !

Effective May 25th 2020
Further,

• If an applicant is denied due to general eligibility, their application will not be assessed for medical or financial eligibility.

• If an applicant is denied due to medical eligibility, their application will not be assessed for financial eligibility.
But wait Folks, there’s more...

They have also omitted from their Shiny New #YourGuideToAISH
the Payment Tables for both the Standard Living Allowance & Modified Living Allowance as well as the Child Benefit.

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9781460136607

See page 4
Under Personal Benefits they have also removed the following
And replaced it with:

Leaving AISH Recipients with no proper guidance in how to apply
for these items/services that were available to them previously.

NO NOTICE, CONSULTATION OR FOREWARNINGS
Have I yet mentioned that this is the 4th overhaul to the AISH Program since @jkenney and the @Alberta_UCP came to power just last year? More specifically July 2019...
Other points of NOTE

Applications are no longer sent to your Local AISH Office, but now to an “ AISH Processing Centre “

There no longer appears to be an Exemption (as prior) for submitting Part B of Medical

IS Clients Caseworkers to decide coverage for Medical Report Fees
Instead of AISH Intake Workers, there are now “ AISH Assessors “

They have replaced knowledgeable Intake Workers with years of Experience, with General Assessors. Not skilled or highly trained in the subject matter.

Strictly Clinical Determinations
This is how they are going to systematically constrict and destroy the AISH Program.
@MarieFrRenaud
@RachelNotley
@albertaNDP

I genuinely hope to see you hold
@jkenney, @RajanJSaw and the @Alberta_UCP accountable for these cruel and inhumane attacks against the AISH Program/Clients
Please ^RT and Tag others accordingly, if you see fit to do so...

TIA!
This statement here is an egregious LIE !  

It would appear that @RyanHastman has not only drank the #KenneyKoolAid

He has also graduated from the University of #UCPcorruption with a Degree in Ideological Warfare against the Citizenry of Alberta

1
The AISH Processing Centre does not have a physical address it is simply a designated P.O. Box. 

Let that sink in...

2
The opening of the “AISH Application Processing Centre” #Streamlining will result in mass layoffs

Currently there are 33 Local AISH Offices in AB.

These will be considered surplus as soon as the “Processing Centre” is at capacity... whatever that may be considered to be.

3
Clients will no longer have an individual Caseworker. This will delay necessary health benefit requests, emergency funding and put an unnecessary strain on Recipients.

BUT...  Remember now,  Intake and Caseworkers are being REPLACED 

4
Assessors will not have the personal knowledge of the individual Caseworker.  They will not be intimately aware of what the basic necessities of Individual Clients and their Families may be.

This is Critical Information that is being lost in the shuffle of Streamlining.

5
There is talk of moving Clients to a Public Trustee in an effort to micromanage Available assets that are otherwise held in Trust. 

Forcibly May I add... 

It is almost impossible for a Client to successfully terminate 3rd Party management. 

6
While on the surface it outwardly appears as “Streamlining”, with no disruption to Clients or Benefits. What it does is cripples the Clients ability to lead a self sustaining lifestyle.

* Placing the onus on Client to demonstrate need

* Limiting the Clients right to Appeal

7
The govt has afforded themselves the ability to whisk through legislation without repercussion.

This is simply testing the waters to gauge reaction for what @YourAlberta will deflect as necessary improvement in the ideological guise of for the greater good.

8
The yet to be made public:  AISH and AW Review Panel

The December 2019 Auditor General called for improvements to eligibility verification; client file assessments and service plan; monitoring of client files and reporting on program effectiveness.

9
One recommendation suggested that a cost savings $140 million per annum could result from program integration efforts

#TheOpportunityToRiseToTheChallenge

Read that last line out loud!

"It’s a matter of facilitating a strategic conversation on the most appropriate solution"

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When has @YourAlberta@jkenney, @RajanJSaw, or @shandro

ever once facilitated a meaningful conversation ?

Not with  @Albertadoctors@CupeAB, @albertateachers, @EPSBNews, @yyCBEdu#25kLaidOff

@doniveson, @nenshi 

The list is endless! 

11
In regards to the Payment Tables being omitted 

This gives way for the Govt to slash and burn at will.

What once was a guaranteed/known support no longer exists once it is removed from the Policy Manual and Your Guide to AISH.

12
Those Benefits will now be determined on a case by case basis by a designated Assessor/ Case Handler ( note the name change ) 

It will solely be at that persons discretion to discuss what benefits and rates MAY apply to you...

13
To anyone who is incapable of self management, they will never be the wiser.

To those with spouses/partners there is no longer information online to determine if their working partner is making too much.

Or by how much their benefits will be reduced.

14
This being the 4th significant overhaul to AISH Benefits,

Your Guide to AISH / AISH Policy Manual and  The AISH Adjudication Guide implies they are intent on
systematically constricting and destroying Social Services across the board.

15
What is more upsetting to me is that not one Minister, Staffer, Backbencher directly denied anything as presented. 

Not categorically or statistically.

Deflection does not count!

Nor did any one of them have the brains or balls to call out their own party.

#AbsoluteTruth

16
@jkenney, @Alberta_UCP are only capable of instigating 
#IdeologicalWarfare.  

Where each and every word stated by any Staffer, Minister or Backbencher is drenched in #Hypocrisy, #Misogyny, and is nothing less than an Act of #IntentionalDeceit & #PseudoChristian Practice

17
As always...

Please ^RT and Tag others accordingly, if you see fit to do so...

TIA!

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