BC Diet Supplement — Income & Disability Assistance: Free — monthly amount added to assistance, walk in or by phone. Who it's for: Receiving income, disability, or hardship assistance (also CIHR children, dependants of people in special care facilities); need a….
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If you get income, disability, or hardship assistance in BC and need a special diet for a medical reason, you can get extra money each month for food. ▸ Monthly amounts (rate table): • Restricted sodium: $15 • Kidney dialysis: $50 • Diabetes: $60 • High protein, gluten-free, dysphagia (trouble swallowing), ketogenic, or low phenylalanine (PKU): $65 • Cystic fibrosis: $80 • High protein or dysphagia diets: plus $50 toward a blender If you have more than one condition, you get the highest one. ▸ High protein is only for: cancer needing nutrition support during treatment, Crohn's or ulcerative colitis, HIV or AIDS, chronic bacterial infection, tuberculosis, hyperthyroidism, osteoporosis, hepatitis B or C. ▸ How to ask: 1. Get a note from your doctor, nurse practitioner, or registered dietitian. It must say your condition, the diet you need, and how long you need it. (The ministry does not pay the note fee.) 2. Send it through My Self Serve, call 1-866-866-0800, or bring it to a ministry office (Kelowna: 405 Highway 33 West; West Kelowna: 3685 Hoskins Rd).
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