
Social Development Minister Madeleine Dube says the increase helps about 20,000 households in the province.
As part of their plan to reform social assistance, the government plans to invest over a million dollar beginning this fall in four ways.
They include increasing the allowable assests limits for life insurance, prepaid funeral and business assets for all clients and applicants and putting a youth services program in place with a new rate and benefits structure for teens between the ages of 16 and 18.
The Department of Social Development invests nearly $250 million in programs and services for social assistance clients and that can include health services, employment training and fuel assistance.