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Action Alert: Meet the Commitment for a Social Assistance Review!
Send an email TODAY to urge government to meet their commitment to a Social Assistance Review.
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Five benchmarks for social assistance
As Ontario considers its plan for moving forward, the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction offers the following five benchmarks for a social assistance review that will meet the test.
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eBulletin – Commitments Made; Action Taken?
All the 25in5 News for the week of October 12th.
- Quote of the Week: This is Our Chance to Get it Right
- How is the Government Doing on Poverty Reduction?
- Action Alert: No Cherry Picking on Early Learning
- An Update from the Housing Network of Ontario
- Dental Treatment for Low-Income Ontarians
- Star Editorial Suggests We “Do the Math”
- Ontario’s Food Banks Hard Hit
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Premier Urged to Enact Early Learning Report
Premier Dalton McGuinty should act now to implement a blueprint for major educational reform that will make Ontario the best place there is to raise a child, say the province’s leading early learning experts and champions of publicly funded education.
More than 100 individuals and organizations released a declaration at a Queen’s Park news conference today, urging the Ontario government to implement the full set of educational reforms recommended by the Premier’s early learning advisor’s blueprint for change.
Tagged with: Childcare • Education
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Open Letter to Premier on Early Childhood Learning
The Ontario government has before it a blueprint for major educational reform, one that will make Ontario the best place there is to raise a child. To do the best for our children, we need to create the finest possible education and family service system. With Our Best Future in Mind, the report of the premier’s early learning advisor, maps out how Ontario can achieve more family-centred schools that are vibrant learning hubs for children and their parents.
Tagged with: Childcare • Education
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Consultations Announced for New Ontario Housing Strategy
The Housing Network of Ontario welcomes the Ontario Government’s announcement today of public consultations to develop a new long term affordable housing strategy for Ontario.
Tagged with: Affordable Housing Strategy
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ISAC Forum on Social Assistance
Time for a Bold Review: Making Social Assistance Meet the Poverty Reduction Test will be held on June 23rd and will feature Angela Robertson, Judy Rebick, Crystal Chin and Marion Overholt.
Tagged with: Social Assistance • Social Assistance Review
- $45M dental-care boost protects poorest children
October 1, 2010Ontario is expanding free dental services for poor children to include preventative care such as check-ups, cleanings, X-rays and fillings, the Star has learned.
Health Minister Deb Matthews will announce Friday that the “healthy smiles” program — costing taxpayers $45 million annually — is designed to help 130,000 kids aged 17 and under.
- Big bang for full-day learning buck
August 30, 2010Ontario is missing out on a significant economic payoff by offering a scaled-down version of full-day learning this fall, says a report being released Monday. A new economic analysis of the initiative outlined by the premier’s early learning adviser last spring shows an immediate return of $2.02 for every dollar invested in operations and $1.47 for every dollar spent on new classrooms, says the report, obtained by the Star.
- Funding shortages for home services are staggering
August 27, 2010ARCH Disability Law Centre, dedicated to advancing the rights of people with disabilities, says its campaign was prompted by “an alarming and growing trend of adults with intellectual disabilities being unable to afford vital supports that would facilitate their development, independence and participation in the community. “This crisis is growing and we need your help,” ARCH says.
- Radical change for Ont. mental health urged
August 26, 2010A new report says a “radical transformation” of mental health and addiction care is needed in Ontario if people are to receive the help they need.
- Windsor area food bank use spikes, paycheques shrink, report finds
August 24, 2010One in 10 Windsor-Essex families live in poverty, causing a huge jump in demand at local food banks and lineups for social assistance, according to a new United Way report.
- 25 in 5 Supports Call for Income Security Review
- Message to Deb Matthews: Nutritional Supplement Must Address Needs
- Five Principles for a New Nutritional Supplement Program
- Premier McGuinty Responds to 25 in 5
- Open Letter to Premier McGuinty from the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
- Budget throws Ontario’s poor in limbo
- Budget 2010 Must Link “Open Ontario” to Poverty Reduction
- Poverty reduction key to economic recovery
In this, the second annual report of the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction, we continue to track the progress of the Ontario government in meeting its poverty reduction commitments.
Poverty reduction is a commitment we make to each other, to ensuring that individuals and families across Ontario are able to recover from economic and social misfortunes. It is also a commitment that all parties in the legislature made to all Ontarians.
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