[ section 4 ]

Special assistance

By-Laws and Working Rules

Members Benefits

4.01

The Supplementary Benefit Fund Trustees will consider requests from members for special assistance upon written application.

4.02

The Fund may reimburse up to a maximum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per family, per year for travel expense to seek or obtain medical attention wher there is sufficient evidence to warrant such travel.

4.03

The Trust Fund will provide grants to members in good standing for the training of single dependent children with learning or other disabilities. These disabilities shall include any handicap where specialized training is required for the individual to obtain future self sufficiency.

No member shall be eligible for Supplementary Benefit Trust Fund benefits unless that member has had a minimum of three hundred (300) hours of contributions remitted on his/her behalf by a contributory employer within twenty-four (24) months of the date of application to the Supplementary Benefit Trust Plan.