- Identify benefits relevant your community that have important renewal requirements. You can use the Benefits Wayfinder to search for benefits.
- Create reminders or post notices about key dates on social media, newsletters or around your facility.
- Find organizations in your community that can help with accessing these benefits. You can start by browsing the Help section of the Benefits Wayfinder.
- Set up a reminder to spread the word about each relevant upcoming renewal date, a month or two before the date itself.
- Create a calendar on your organization’s website listing the renewal dates for the most common benefits accessed by your community members and make sure this is kept up to date.
- Include reminders in your client’s file/Client Management System (CMS) to ensure you discuss these upcoming dates and deadlines when you meet with clients or reach out to them in advance of these dates.
- The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is a critical income source for many seniors, and it requires recipients to file their taxes on time, by April 30 every year, to keep getting benefits.
- The GuardRails strategy is a partnership between the New York Department of Social Services and Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organisation. It streamlines the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recertification process using text messaging.
- Here is a list of due dates and payment dates for personal income tax.
- Here is a list of social assistance payment dates in Ontario.