Last day for CEP residential school applications

Former students of aboriginal residential schools have one last chance to apply for compensation under the Common Experience Payment program.

The deadline for receipt of CEP applications falls on Sept. 19.

To date, 4,364 Inuit have applied and received a CEP cheque, according to the federal government’s latest numbers.

Of those claimants, 2,451 come from Nunavut.

Unlike the Independent Assessment Process – another component of the settlement — CEP applicants do not need to provide information about abuse they may have endured while at school.

Eligible former students can receive $10,000 under the CEP for the first year of school they attended and $3,000 for each additional year.

And all former students who resided at a residential school are eligible for the CEP, as long as they did not opt out of the settlement agreement.

Application reviews and opportunities to appeal decision will continue beyond the Sept. 19 deadline.

The CEP application form is available here: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/goc/cep/index.shtml