The Impact of Food Insecurity in Niagara
Food insecurity exists when one or more members of a household does not have access to the variety or quantity [...]
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05, 2016
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05, 2016
Living Wage and Cost of Living: A Guide for Niagara Employers
In the fall of 2014, the Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) established working tables to look at income security and [...]
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04, 2016
Calculating the Living Wage for the Niagara Region 2016
A living wage reflects what earners in a family need to be paid based on the actual costs of living [...]
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03, 2016
Calculating the Cost of Living in Niagara Region 2016
For 2016, the conservatively estimated cost of living expenses for a family of four in Niagara region totaled $65,435.51. This [...]
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11, 2015
Hunger Count 2015
The Hunger Count report presents results from an annual study of more than 4,000 food banks and other food programs in every [...]
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10, 2015
The Road to Empowerment Project: Developing Self Advocacy and Cause Advocacy Skills Across Niagara (Final Summary Report)
The Road to Empowerment is a community development project coordinated by three Niagara region Community Health Centres (CHCs): Bridges Community [...]
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09, 2015
Getting There Business Case Established
The Getting There Business Case for a model for centrally-dispatched access to health and human services for the most vulnerable [...]
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09, 2015
Getting There: Business Case for a Model of Centrally-Dispatched Access to Health and Human Services for Niagara’s Most Vulnerable People
Access to health and human services for the most vulnerable members of the Niagara community is a priority for local [...]
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07, 2015
Extending Public Dental Programs to Adults in Need
One in five people in Ontario can't afford to see a dentist. You have to wonder how Ontario, one of [...]
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07, 2015
Niagara Dental Health Coalition
The Niagara Dental Health Coalition advocates and builds capacity for the expansion of accessible dental health services for adults and [...]
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07, 2015
Dental Health Intervention Tool
This resource is designed to help people navigate the patchwork of publicly-funded dental health services, as well as the charitable [...]
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07, 2015
The Town with No Poverty: Using Health Administration Data to Revisit Outcomes of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment
A Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) field experiment ran in the province of Manitoba between 1974 and 1979, and ended with [...]
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02, 2015
Credit Counselling of Regional Niagara
Credit Counselling of Regional Niagara (CCRN) actively coaches people in our community to achieve financial fitness. It is a not-for-profit, charitable [...]
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02, 2015
Hungry for Health
Health begins where we live, learn, work and play. Through this portal you can order a resource kit, learn more about [...]
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02, 2015
Call for Projects that Will Provide an Effective Service to Address Poverty at a Neighbourhood Level for Residents of the Niagara Region
The Niagara Prosperity Initiative (NPI) uses a neighbourhood-based approach to addressing poverty with the understanding that the nature and degree [...]
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02, 2015
Niagara Prosperity Initiative: A Summary of Achievement
This two-page handout summarizes the achievements of the Niagara Prosperity Initiative since its inception in 2008, including number of people [...]
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02, 2015
Niagara Prosperity Initiative: Community Impact Report
The Niagara Prosperity Initiative (NPI) is addressing the immediate needs of people living in poverty, and enhancing the ability of [...]
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02, 2015
Living in Niagara 2014 Ten Overall Themes and 57 Suggested Action Steps
This document summarizes the 10 themes and 57 action steps proposed in the Living in Niagara-2014 Report. Published By: Niagara Connects [...]
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01, 2015
Building the “Getting There” Business Case
Niagara Connects is facilitating the work of 30 agencies in Niagara to collaborate with the Goodman School of Business MBA [...]
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11, 2014
Launch of the Living in Niagara-2014 Report
Presented to an audience of over 450 people attending the Niagara Community Foundation annual Leaders Breakfast, the Living in Niagara-2014 [...]
