Taking action on poverty : Saskatchewan Poverty Reduction Strategy

Although this downward trend is positive, some Saskatchewan people are still The Advisory Group was asked to review past and experiencing poverty ongoing initiatives that address poverty, identify key gaps and opportunities to reduce the incidence of In the 2014 Speech from the Throne, the Government poverty in Saskatchewan, and make recommendations of Saskatchewan declared its intention to develo [...] The first Poverty Reduction Strategy step in the development of the strategy took place in December 2014 when the Minister of Social Services The group also hosted a Poverty Roundtable in announced the formation of the Advisory Group on April 2015 to gain perspectives and advice from the Poverty Reduction, made up of Government and community. [...] Additionally, discrimination • Ensuring programs and policies designed to reduce is still preventing a number of our citizens from poverty are based on evidence with clear targets reaching their full potential and contributing to our and measurable outcomes; and province’s economy • Encouraging the development of innovative policies Due to the diversity and complexity of these barriers, and soluti [...] We agree with the Advisory community organizations, business, and citizens Group on Poverty Reduction’s recommendation for Government and community organizations to do more Persistence and depth of poverty are both key to work collaboratively to deliver effective services and components needed to understand and track progress to redesign services to make them more accessible on reducing poverty an [...] Those outcomes will have a number of • Implement a “no wrong door” policy and simplify measures and targets to track the impact of our processes to provide easier access to Government collective efforts to reduce poverty programs and services Action Plan • Expand the Hub model across Saskatchewan, including to First Nations and the North We understand more needs to be done to break down the barrie