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National initiative seeks to connect youth who experienced homelessness to 180 jobs by end of 2016
HireUp — recognized as the first program of its kind — will function like Workopolis, inviting employers to post available positions on its online website. Partnering social agencies specializing in homeless youth will then submit the resumes of candidates — most of whom have no previous work experience — they feel are ready to enter the workforce. The program is aiming to help connect homeless youth to 180 full-time jobs — and a slew of part-time jobs
Tags: homelessness, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Can we really end homelessness?
Homelessness that happens to poor people is no more complex or unsolvable than homelessness caused by natural disaster. We’ve proven beyond any doubt that we can take people directly from the streets and put them into apartments, and by providing them the support they need, we can permanently end their homelessness… Just as our goal in disaster response is housing and recovery, so too must be our response to homelessness.
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living
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Hiring portal aims to connect once-homeless youth with job opportunities
We asked ourselves how we could best use our combined assets to help more young people find employment… The result is HireUp – Canada’s first national hiring portal that connects employers with youth-serving organizations across Canada. Through the portal, Canadian employers gain access to the skills and talents of young people who have previously spent time on the streets and have now completed job skills training programs to fully prepare them for the workplace.
Tags: economy, homelessness, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Canada finally has a minister of social justice
The new prime minister’s message was clear: Supporting families – lifting them out of poverty, helping them find affordable housing, getting them into the workforce and improving their children’s life chances – is a stand-alone job, one that remains at the top of his agenda… Duclos founded the Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network. He served as a page in the House of Commons under Pierre Trudeau and joined Canada World Youth, an international organization than trains volunteers 15-to-35 to be community workers at home and abroad.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, disabilities, economy, Health, homelessness, ideology, participation, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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Toronto anti-poverty plan reaches final hurdle
Toronto’s 20-year poverty reduction strategy includes 17 recommendations and 71 actions “to advance equity, opportunity and prosperity for all Toronto residents.” It also features 17… “indicators” to track progress on the strategy’s six areas for action, including housing stability, access to services, transit equity, access to healthy food, quality jobs with livable incomes and systemic change. But with no annual or long-term funding targets…
Tags: budget, economy, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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A Liberal Majority Government – What Does This Mean for Food Security?
During the election campaign, the Liberal Party platform put forward several promises that are well in line with Food Banks Canada’s policy recommendations to reduce the need for food banks in Canada… the Liberals have promised to: – Combine several tax credits for families with children into the new Canada Child Benefit… Invest an additional $200 million in education and training for unemployed Canadians…
Tags: budget, economy, featured, homelessness, housing, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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Ontario sets 10-year deadline to end homelessness
Due to the complexity and many faces of homelessness, the problem is best fought at the local level, with the help of non-profit and private-sector partners… Looking toward the 10-year goal, municipalities will be expected to have local strategies to end homelessness and a common approach to collecting, measuring and tracking data… “… we now have three levels of government that are, in general, on the same page…”
Tags: homelessness, housing, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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We need a national housing strategy now
Many people… end up homeless due to difficult life situations — whether it be due to a mental illness, losing their job, or a breakdown in their relationships. But once in the shelter system, getting access to safe, affordable housing is a challenge… when it finally arrives, often people find it unsafe and in a state of disrepair. This situation continues even though we know the cost of one night in affordable housing costs us much less than one night in a shelter, a hospital bed or jail.
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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New support for teens in foster care is a smart move
Under smart and long-overdue policy changes, funding to foster families will continue until Crown wards who are still in high school turn 21.
That is good news for the 3,400 young people between 18 and 21 who could be eligible for the extra support. They are often still in high school when they reach 18 because of the emotional and physical disruptions they have faced in their lives.
Tags: budget, child care, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Affordable housing: A crippling crisis with an obvious solution
Such a prolonged shortage translates into a workforce insufficiently skilled to make Canada thrive in a fiercely competitive global economy. It accounts for a population whose health falls short… And it imposes an expense on Canadian taxpayers in ever rising healthcare costs. It accounts in large degree for higher-than-average crime rates among selected population groups. It imposes a social tax, measured in both dollars and diminished peace of mind, the enormity of which is only hinted at by the expense of our criminal-justice system.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, homelessness, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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