The living allowance does not affect eligibility for all other need-based programs such as Food Stamps, Section 8 housing and public housing. Members on public assistance should talk with their caseworker, in advance of joining the NSCC , to determine the effect of their living allowance on their assistance. Members will be paid for leave days, provided the number of days taken for leave does not exceed the allotted amount. Members must serve 80 hours every two weeks. Approved leave days count toward those 80 hours.
Members are also responsible for completing and signing a bi-weekly time sheet.
While members do receive a living allowance for any days that they are suspended from service, they are also fined an additional leave day for each suspension day. If members take a leave of absence, they do not receive a living allowance for the duration of their leave and they are required to make up the time missed.