Submissions in Response to Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper #2

The Social Assistance Review Commissioners asked for any submissions in response to their Discussion paper #2 by March 16, 2012.

Poverty Free Ontario has no central coordinating resources to enable any organizing around this but we did provide a PFO Bulletin and Call to Action resulting from our last cross-community tele-call in February.

A number of communities have used these materials and their own local discussions to get their views in, all very consistent with the conversation that we had in February. Below are links to the submissions received by PFO. (Updated March 28, 2012)

• 25in5 Hamilton Network for Poverty Reduction/HOPE
• Beth Baskin
• Bridges Community Health Centre (Port Colborne)
• Hastings & Prince Edward Children & Youth Services Network
• Christian Resource Centre (Toronto)
• Community Roundtable on Poverty (Welland)
• Toronto Christian Resource Centre
• Do the Math Working Group of York Region
• Fairlawn Avenue United Church (Toronto)
• Food Security Network of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties
• Hope Centre Group (Welland)
• Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition
• Niagara Prosperity Community Committee
• Niagara Region
• O.D.S.P. Action Coalition
• Poverty Free Halton/Community Development Halton
• Put Food in the Budget (PFIB) Community Toolkit
• The Provincial Council of Women of Ontario
• Regent Park Community Health Centre (Toronto)
• The Social Assistance Reform Network of Niagara (SARNN)
• Social Issues Networking Group (SING) (Kingston)
• Social Planning Council of Sudbury
• June Callwood Campaign Against Child Poverty (Toronto)
• Voices for Change Halton
• Oak Centre ODSP Group (Niagara)
• The Stop Community Food Centre (Toronto)
• Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo
• Anglican Diocese of Niagara
• Angela L. Browne, Paralegal & Court Agent (St. Catharines)

Putting a Face to Social Assistance
by the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZx9PUahF2M