The study found that regularly getting cash made it easier for many homeless people to meet their immediate and personal needs.
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A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.
Without sustained support for education, housing and mental health, many former youth in care become involved in the criminal justice system.
Social investment policy involves intervening early to reduce the cost to the state from at-risk groups. But a purely fiscal approach to social welfare ignores the systemic causes of poverty and need.
Mexico will elect its first woman president on Sunday.
Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
The local and international track record of social investment funds and social impact bonds is far from convincing. A better-resourced public sector would be a simpler solution.
People on benefits are borrowing from the government to pay for essentials like power bills and car repairs. But repayments leave them with even less than before.
For people with health conditions, disabilities or injuries that do not qualify for ACC, the road to recovery can be long and hard. It is past time for us to do better.
While technology can be a useful tool, it can also divert funding and attention from the root causes of the social welfare issues it aims to address.
Making further dents in child poverty will mean implementing bold support for those families being left behind. This week’s budget already feels like a lost opportunity.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
Early childhood development centres in South Africa, particularly in low-income communities, provide services which many of these children and their families wouldn’t cope without.
Unresolved historical injustices, deepened in new forms, undermined compliance with Ghana’s COVID lockdown.
Canadians with disabilities were hit hardest during the pandemic. CERB limitations meant that many of them were left financially unsupported.
With little public consultation and serious questions about how it might work, the proposed scheme is a policy gamble of unknown proportions.
It’s potentially the biggest change to welfare since ACC and would favour those on higher pay – so why does the public know so little about it?
Poor nutrition stunts children’s growth and hollows out their life chances.
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