Campaign 2000 e-Bulletin Summer 2017 - Cross-Canada Update on Poverty Reduction

We greeted the February announcement of the CPRS consultation process with a commitment to come to the table to inform the strategy while underlining the need for a strong federal vision and role to ensure its success. [...] For example, a significant decrease was announced and immediately implemented in the portion of the Rent Assist housing benefit program for those living in poverty, but not receiving social assistance (largely the working poor and seniors.) This alters the calculation used to determine the size of the monthly subsidy, from 25 to 28 per cent of the monthly income and decreases the benefit for a sin. [...] We are also hosting workshops this summer for youth and adults to engage people on poverty in Canada and the province and how to engage in solutions to end child and family poverty in the province. [...] Early Childhood Education and Care: $2 million to be added to the base amount of $12.5 million to broaden the eligibility for the Child Care Subsidy Program; $672,000 allocated for the Inclusion Program, which provides support to assist in the accommodation of all children in regulated child care; $3.5 million to implement child amount component of NL Income Supplement Finance. [...] The Makimaniq Plan 2 In early May, the Nunavut roundtable on Poverty Reduction (NRPR) released the Makimaniq Plan 2: A Shared Approach to Poverty Reduction, providing 8 long-term outcomes (see image on the right, taken from online sources) to alleviate poverty in the territory and specific responsibilities that the members of the roundtable will share during the next five years (2017-2022).