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Cost of food peanuts compared to price of poverty
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
January 22, 2011
… about 60% of the regular guests at the soup kitchen have mental health and addiction illnesses, and their welfare and disability incomes don’t leave much for food. The hospital consolidation and move away from the psychiatric hospital model to more community-based treatment could further burden the food bank and soup kitchen. It’s like the social service system is designed to require full-time charitable organizations to fill the gaps for basic necessities. Put another way, the generosity of volunteers and philanthropic souls are a major line item in the provincial budget.
Tags: budget, homelessness, mental Health, pensions, poverty
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