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Advance Payments
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The Province of New Brunswick’s Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) Program provides for the granting of advance payments in some circumstances.
This fact sheet explains the purpose, criteria and process for the granting of advance payments.
Advance payments may be authorized by the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization against the total value of an eligible claim under a Disaster Financial Assistance Program.
Advance payments assist home and business owners by giving them funds immediately to pay for urgent work that will enable them to re-occupy their property as quickly as possible.
Advance payments will normally be for claims in excess of $10,000, may not exceed the total payable value of the claim and may not exceed $4,000.
Where an urgent need has been identified, that property will receive priority for a Health and Safety Inspection, to estimate damage and accelerate the claims process.
The purpose is to assist homeowners and small business owners to re-occupy their property as quickly as possible. This is obviously beneficial to home owners and small business owners, but it also reduces the burden on families and emergency social services agencies and the associated costs.
Advance payments are intended to be used for health or safety measures or urgently needed repairs that will speed the process of re-entry and re-occupation.
In limited circumstances, where it can be demonstrated that there is an urgent need by a resident or tenant to replace personal property (Example: a wheel chair; medical equipment, etc), an advance payment may also be granted.
Payments are issued on the authority of the Minister of Public Safety, by the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization.
Service New Brunswick (SNB) will issue the cheques, either at the SNB centre or by mail.I
Eligibility criteria are as follows: