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Explore how we are working together to eliminate poverty. Learn about our collaborative change model and activation framework.
Poverty Free Ontario Response to Social Assistance Review
Poverty Free Ontario has put out two important documents in response to Discussion Paper 2 released by the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario earlier this month. […]
Metcalf Foundation: The “Working Poor” in the Toronto Region
On February 13, 2012, the Metcalf Foundation released a report on the working poor in the Toronto Region. The report considers employment trends in Toronto, Ontario, and Canada, poverty rates […]
Campaign 2000: 2011 Report Card on Child & Family Poverty in Canada
On February 6, 2012, Campaign Ontario 2000, a cross Ontario coalition of over 60 organizations committed to working together to end child and family poverty in Canada, released its 2011 […]
Social Assistance Review: Discussion Paper 2 Released
The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario has released Discussion Paper 2: Approaches for Reform and What We Heard: A Summary of Discussion on Social Assistance. You […]
Guelph Food Bank Bus Service
The Guelph Food Bank is offering a new bus service for clients to help get their groceries home. The monthly service will be available the fourth Wednesday of every month […]
STEPS – February 2012 Calendar
The STEPS 2 year program is a vehicle toward the path of opportunity, providing ongoing ability for intervention at critical moments in a youth’s life and acting as a vehicle […]
Research Profile: Emergency Food: Expiration & Best Before Dates
Expiration and best before dates can present a number of challenges for emergency food providers and their clients. This research profile outlines the key challenges for food banks and pantries […]
Update on Social Assistance Review & Local Response
In June the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario released A Discussion Paper: Issues and Ideas to encourage dialogue on the key issues facing social assistance and […]