income assistance

Budget 2015: Assistance freeze and job cuts at Community Services

Robert DeVet — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:55:04 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - The provincial budget leaves people on income assistance with less purchasing power, and the Department of Community Services with fewer staff.

When austerity goes bad

Robert DeVet — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:53:02 +0000

It's just too hard to make ends meet, people on income assistance say

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Last Wednesday's North End town hall on welfare reform offered an opportunity for people living in poverty and commu

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.

Fighting to keep his benefits

Robert DeVet — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:05:16 +0000

Community Services restores support after letter to local newspaper

(K'JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - “I was always taught to fight for what you believe in,” says George Cartwright, a 33-year old resident of Sydney, Nova Scotia who was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.

Income Assistance freeze has anti-poverty advocates upset

Robert DeVet — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:30:27 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX – The theme of this year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is respect.

Poverty activists troubled by Minister's response to CCPA report

Robert DeVet — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:13:13 +0000

Minister on media offensive, claims report contains misinformation

K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – A recently released report that criticizes changes to Income Assistance rules prompted what many poverty activists believe to be an overly negative response from Denise Peterson-Rafuse, the Minister

My Life on Income Assistance

bsichel — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:43:08 +0000

Not many housing choices are available for $535 per month

My name is Kendall Worth, and I am writing this article from my personal experiences of being a resident of North End Dartmouth for the past 11 years of my life. This article will explain how Income Assistance works, and how my life, and particularly my housing situation, is affected by having to rely on it.