The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation has begun consultation on family maintenance for those who are receiving income or disability assistance.

During the consultation, the ministry is seeking feedback from interested stakeholders, including child and youth advocacy groups, disability stakeholders and representatives of the family law community, on how it administers the program.

The process will be a focused consultation with stakeholders who will be asked to provide input on family maintenance. To support the consultation, the ministry has developed a series of questions on how it can best administer family maintenance-related services and policies for income and disability assistance clients.

Members of the public can also participate by:

Email at: sdsifeedback@gov.bc.ca

Regular mail:

Family Maintenance Consultation
PO BOX 9929
STN PROV GOVT
Victoria B.C.  V8W 9R2

Or phone:

In Victoria: 250 387-6121
In Vancouver: 604 660-2421
Elsewhere in B.C.: 1 800 663-7867
Outside B.C.: 604 660-2421

Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD)
Vancouver: 604 775-0303
Elsewhere in B.C.: 1 800 661-8773

For more information on the family maintenance program and to view the consultation questions, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/accessibility and click on Family Maintenance.

Submissions will be accepted until 4:30 p.m., Feb. 28, 2015.

Government is working to balance the interests of families and taxpayers and to ensure it has the right policies in place.

For media queries only:

Daisy Brooke
Public Affairs Officer
Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation
250 356-2282