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Poverty no worse for crisis
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Jun 20, 2012
In 2010 the percentage of Canadians who earned less than Statistics Canada’s “low-income cut-off” and therefore by universal practice are defined as poor actually fell. It went from 9.5% to 9.0%… the rate for 2010 is even lower than in 2007, the previous best year, when it was 9.1%. It’s true that, in terms of absolute numbers of Canadians falling below the low-income cut-off, 2007 was a better year, by 70,000 people. But even so, 2010 represented an improvement of 120,000 from 2009… the rate of low income among single-mom families was 20.6% in 2010, the second lowest it has ever been
Tags: economy, globalization, poverty, standard of living
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Could be worse: Family income stays steady
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Jun. 18 2012
… two-parent families with kids and families led by single moms fared a little better in 2010 from a year earlier, while seniors did a little worse… The number of Canadians in lower-income status also held steady. Three million Canadians, or 9 per cent of the population, fall into the low-income cut-off, similar to 2009 though an improvement from 12.5 per cent proportion in 2000. More than half a million children – or 546,000 kids aged 17 and under – lived in low-income families in 2010.
Tags: economy, participation, standard of living
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Offering a ‘hand up, not a handout’
Monday, June 11th, 2012
Jun 08 2012
The first Habitat affiliate in Ontario was founded in Waterloo Region in 1987 and the Toronto affiliate has been in existence for 24 years, with almost three dozen affiliates in all across the province. Their mandate is to mobilize volunteers and community partners to build affordable housing and promote homeownership as a means to break the cycle of poverty… Habitat will… expand its ReStore program, which provides important funding for the organization by selling used or discontinued items that have been donated to Habitat, such as plumbing fixtures, cabinets, windows, etc.
Tags: housing, philanthropy, poverty
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Mental health: How three people are falling through the cracks
Monday, May 28th, 2012
May 28 2012
Changing Directions, Changing Lives, a long-awaited mental health strategy by the Mental Health Commission of Canada published May 8… makes recommendations in prevention, recovery, access, diversity, First Nations and leadership. It calls on governments to increase spending earmarked for mental health by $4 billion per year — from 7 per cent to 9 per cent of all health care spending. The federal government endorsed the strategy the following day, but has made no financial commitment… Mental-health problems cost Canada at least $50 billion per year, the report estimates, which amounts to 2.8 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product.
Tags: Health, mental Health, poverty, rights, standard of living
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A rare success in the battle against homelessness
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
May 20 2012
Woodgreen launched an ambitious fundraising campaign and began the makeover. Using private donations, in-kind contributions (flowers, bedding, pots and pans) and every source of government funding available, it transformed the Edwin from a neighbourhood embarrassment into an attractive residence for homeless men over 55. The cost was $3.8 million. It reopened in 2010. It is now a source of local pride, an architectural gem and a safe, impeccably maintained home for the 28 men who live there… A project like the Edwin is not cheap or easy… But the ideological debate is over. It is hard to argue with success.
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s non-profit sector invents a solution to gaps in funding
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Apr 19 2012
The recession hit Canada’s non-profit sector hard. Demand surged. Donations shrank. Foundations suspended grants to protect their endowments. Government support held up for a time as Ottawa and the provinces poured money into the moribund economy, then it too was cut… Innovative non-profit organizations shelved groundbreaking projects and went into survival mode… In 2010, the Community Forward Fund (CFF) was born. It took another two years of work — painstaking legal work — to build Canada’s first non-profit lending institution.
Tags: budget, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
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For those with intellectual disabilities, a decades-long wait for a home and care
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Apr. 10, 2012
… the quest to find a home and services starts early and can last decades – something that becomes more pressing as parents age and their ability to physically and financially support their adult children fades… The housing crisis follows the closure over the years of institutions that cared for them from cradle to grave… That has left parents across the country caring for their aging intellectually disabled children with the daunting realities of trying to cobble together housing and care-giving, not to mention an enormous price tag that is only partly offset by government… 73 per cent of working-age adults with an intellectual disability who live on their own live in poverty.
Tags: disabilities, housing, poverty, standard of living
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Disabled children get left out
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Jan 24 2012
… preschool children are generally well-served by community agencies and elementary schools do their best to include children with disabilities in classroom activities. But around Grade 5 or 6, these kids fall by wayside… Those who manage to finish high school have enormous difficulty getting the training they need to qualify for a job… smaller communities don’t have resources for these children with disabilities. But even in major cities parents don’t know what services exist… There are solutions to these problems, but they require money and leadership.
Tags: disabilities
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Mike Del Grande’s candid chat about social programs
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Jan 12 2012
Councillor Mike Del Grande, Mayor Rob Ford’s budget chief… described in blunt terms his “tough love” opposition to some city-funded social programs, including school meals for low-income kids… if you have children you’re responsible for children”… “why is it the state’s responsibility to look after your children?” … “I want to be responsible, I want to be fair, I want to be civic-minded. Yes, there are poor people in the world, okay, but poor people will be with us forever, like it’s been from the moment of time.”
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, poverty, privatization, standard of living
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Police learn how to deal with the mentally ill in crisis
Monday, January 9th, 2012
Jan. 09, 2012
A shortage of mental-health resources in Canada has put police and the mentally ill on a collision course, with officers increasingly becoming the first point of contact for people in crisis… in… Belleville… each front-line officer attends about 40 such calls a year… those first few moments of interaction… are crucial: “If you don’t respond properly, the results can be catastrophic.”
Tags: crime prevention, Health, mental Health
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