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  • Time Limits
  • Two-Year Independence Test

Ministry Toll Free Telephone Numbers

Automated Telephone Inquiry (ATI): 1 866 866-0800

• General information about programs and services: 1 866 866-0800 Press 1
• Connect with an office during regular business hours: 1 866 866-0800 Press 3
• Senior’s Supplement: 1 866 866-0800 Press 4, then 1
• BC Healthy Kids: 1 866 866-0800 Press 4, then 2
• Bus Pass Program Customer Service: 1 866 866-0800 Press 4, then 3
• Dental Information Line: 1 866 866-0800 Press 4, then 4
• For ministry clients who are applying for CPPD or CPPE: 1 866 866-0800 Press 4, then 5

Prevention and Loss Management Services

• Region 1 Vancouver Island, Region 2 Vancouver Coastal, Region 3 Fraser, Region 4 Interior and Region 5 North: 1-866-217-1117

Financial and Administrative Services Branch

• Collections Department: 1 877 815-2363
• Assignment Recovery (Landlord Line): 1 877 815 2363

Health Assistance Branch

• Health Services: 1 888 221-7711
• Persons with Disabilities: 1 800 337-3531

Enquiry B.C. Information Line (Service BC)

Hours of operation for Enquiry BC are 8AM to 5PM -- Monday through Friday.

• Within BC call: 1 800 663-7867
• Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD): 1 800 661-8773