community services

Pharmacare program for low income working people phased out

Robert DeVet — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:26:17 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – People struggling to make ends meet have been known to cut back on prescriptions so as to be able to buy food or pay the rent.

Squeezing the poor

Robert DeVet — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:05:03 +0000

Too many cut off from social assistance for trivial reasons, support workers say

(K'JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Last Tuesday Vicki Butler had to rush to the hospital with dangerously high blood sugar levels. She was kept there all night. She could have died, a nurse told her.

Suspended Income Assistance payments leave Dartmouth woman destitute

Robert DeVet — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:11:40 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - A hard life just got harder for a Dartmouth woman after Community Services suspended her income assistance payments for at least six weeks.

No special diet for Income Assistance recipient

Robert DeVet — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:52:52 +0000

HMC contributor Kendall Worth fights decision all the way to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court

Metro Housing tenants tired of cockroaches and bedbugs

Robert DeVet — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:10:10 +0000

"We are the tenants of 101 Nova Court and we are very tired and fed up with the living conditions in here. There are bed bugs and roaches in here. They're in the hallways and most of the apartments."

Community Services Transition Roadmap hits speed bump

Robert DeVet — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:26:43 +0000

"Clear strategic plan" ready in fall, pilot projects to be announced this spring

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Last September, the Department of Community Services did something bureaucracies don't often do. It changed its mind. In public.

How special needs cuts affect people with disabilities

Rana Encol — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:43:12 +0000

A personal account: “I felt abused and discriminated by the ESIA programme”

Many people who rely on income assistance in Nova Scotia have had their special needs allowances cut. These special needs include bus passes, special diets, mobility devices, and telephones.