Kendall Worth: Lives on welfare – Nathan’s story
Kendall Worth profiles Nathan (not his real name), who tells Kendall about his tiny income assistance budget, his loneliness and his fragile mental health.
Kendall Worth: Julie’s story
Kendall Worth meets up with Julie, who is on income assistance and talks about how caseworkers basically control your life. “Julie was even told to keep the receipts of everything she spent so at her income assistance intake interview the intake worker can determine the money she had saved in her bank account was spent reasonably.”
Kendall Worth: Get your vaccine, no matter whether you are rich or poor
Kendall Worth: Even though in the lives of the people I advocate for “normal” may seem different from what rich people would consider normal, people living in poverty are very much looking forward to the day that things like in-person dining at soup kitchens etc are re-opened.
Building momentum for the Canadian Disability Benefit – an interview with Sherry Costa of the Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities
In the fall of 2020 the federal government announced a “new Canadian Disability Benefit modeled after the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors”. Reporter Kendall Worth speaks with Sherry Costa of the NS League for Equal Opportunities about how the League plans to engage first voices, family, friends and allies in Nova Scotia.
Kendall Worth: Community Services policies stop people from building supportive relationships
People on income assistance feel that if they had been in a relationship of some sort during the pandemic it would have made a world of difference in their lives. One obstacle is right in the Community Services policy manual, writes Kendall Worth.
Kendall Worth: No hard census deadline for locked down Nova Scotians who can’t afford Internet
Filling out your census form if you can’t afford Internet and with the libraries closed is very difficult. Journalist Kendall Worth did some great advocating and has some good news.
Kendall Worth: Census deadline causes anxiety among some people living in poverty
The lockdown is making it hard to meet the census deadline for people who cannot afford Internet access or phones, writes Kendall Worth in an open letter to the minister in charge.
Kendall Worth: This never ending pandemic is wearing us down
Kendall Worth: We are in another lockdown in HRM. People in my community tell me that they are discouraged and scared. It has just been one thing after another. The bomb of social isolation has hit them hard.
Kendall Worth: Nova Scotia ACORN also fights for people on income assistance
Kendall Worth interviews Janice, a long time Nova Scotia ACORN member who lives on income assistance. Janice describes her experiences of being an ACORN member as nothing but positive.
Kendall Worth: Lack of affordable housing becoming more pressing
Kendall Worth reports that a lack of affordable housing is increasingly becoming a topic of conversation and a big problem in his community.