Implement social assistance programs
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100
Research direction
Start by reviewing the provincial social services ministry websites and the SPSD/M documentation cited in the issue. The scope covers programs across all provinces, including asset and income tests, eligibility categories, family-based rates, supplements, and exemptions. Done means the listed provincial assistance programs and requirements are modeled as part of the SPSD/M parity effort.
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Description
Description
Implement provincial social assistance (welfare) programs.
Programs to Implement
Ontario
- Ontario Works (OW)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
British Columbia
- BC Income Assistance
- BC Disability Assistance
Alberta
- Alberta Income Support
- Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH)
Quebec
- Social Assistance Program
- Social Solidarity Program
Other Provinces
- Each province has its own social assistance program
- Basic assistance rates
- Disability supplements
- Shelter allowances
Implementation Requirements
- Asset tests
- Income tests
- Categorical eligibility (disability, single parent, etc.)
- Benefit rates by family composition
- Work-related supplements and exemptions
References
- Provincial social services ministry websites
- SPSD/M documentation on social assistance modeling
Part of SPSD/M parity effort.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 17
- Forks
- 35
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Getting set up
- No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
- Has a pull request template
- Read the contributing guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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