Nova Scotia offering $250 payment to low-income seniors hit by rising energy costs | SaltWire

The Nova Scotia government is expanding the provincial seniors care grant to ease the sting of rising energy costs for seniors. Applications open Sept. 1

Nova Scotia is expanding the seniors care grant. — Unsplash photoHALIFAX, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government is expanding theSome will qualify for a one-time $250 emergency heating grant through the seniors care grant, the province announced in a news release.

The seniors care grant offers $500 to low-income seniors each year for things like lawn care, small household repairs, grocery and medication delivery, and transportation. The addition of the heating payment means that seniors applying for the grant will be eligible for a maximum of $750 this fiscal year.

To be eligible, people must be 65 or older, have an annual net household income of $37,500 or less and live independently in a home they own or rent, either by themselves or with a spouse or partner.

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