Fiona impacts P.E.I. social support programs payments

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The province is asking P.E.I. residents who obtain social assist funds to go to their native social applications workplace to choose up their month-to-month cheques.

The province stated Islanders who obtain funds from social help and accessibility helps applications might want to decide their cheques up from the workplaces because of the impacts from Fiona. Islanders who obtain funds via on-line financial institution deposits won’t be affected.

The 5 workplace places are in Charlottetown, Summerside, O’Leary, Montague and Souris. Cheques will likely be obtainable at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, and workers will likely be prepared to assist all shoppers. 

Islanders will likely be requested to current one piece of present identification to choose up cheques. 

Folks choosing up cheques on behalf of others might want to convey one piece of present identification and written authorization, together with the printed identify, signature and telephone variety of the cheque recipient. 

Anybody with questions and considerations is requested to name their helps co-ordinator. 

If folks cannot contact their co-ordinator, they need to name the social applications workplace at 1-877-569-0546.