Ministry of Social Development

BC Employment and Assistance Rate Tables

(Updated January 1, 2013)

Description	Item	Maximum Amount
Fee for third-party agreements	Maximum fee for a third party to administer assistance for a client	$25.00 per family unit per calendar month
Alcohol and drug residential treatment	Standard user fee	$40.00 per day
Mental Health Facility	Standard user fee	$30.90 per day
Comforts allowance	Comforts allowance	$95.00 per calendar month
Monthly user charge	Standard charge	$958.90 per month
Room and board support	Family unit living in a room and board situation, other than in a special care facility or with a parent or child of a person in the family unit	$60.00 per calendar month for each adult $40.00 per calendar month for each child