Kendall Worth: No one to share taco shells with, a Christmas story
Bit of a sad story as Kendall meets a young woman who, as so many people on income assistance, lives in social isolation.
Kendall Worth: Community comes to the rescue for three tenants facing huge rent increases
Kendall Worth reports on a a bit of a miracle that turns thins around for three tenants facing huge rent increases.
Kendall Worth: No good news at Community Services information session on income assistance changes
Kendall went to one of the information sessions on the social assistance changes and wasn’t impressed. “This being the holiday season, recipients consider this not a real Christmas present from Community Services,” he writes.
Kendall Worth: Juggling three jobs to escape social assistance
Kendall Worth: “This is a story about a woman in her late twenties who was on income assistance at one time, but no more. We’ll call her Rachel (not her real name).”
Kendall Worth: Lives on welfare and the loved ones
Kendall meets up with a sister of a person who is on social assistance and lives with mental health issues. She worries about her brother and wants to better understand the welfare system.
Kendall Worth: My chat with Alec Stratford of the NS College of Social Workers
Kendall Worth meets with Alec Stratford of the NS College of Social Workers.They talk about income assistance, Community Services, and social isolation, among other things.
Kendall Worth on the December blues
Remembrance Day is still a day of lonesomeness and social isolation for income assistance recipients, writes Kendall Worth. And worse, it’s also a reminder that Christmas is fast approaching, and the time leading up to Christmas is often not an easy time for people living in poverty.
Kendall Worth: Huge rent increases leave three tenants scrambling for shelter
Three separate tenants are all hit with huge rent increases that go in effect in March. They’re on welfare, they’re friends, and there’s no way they can afford to stay. “this is also a story that illustrates how the life of an income assistance recipient can at any time take a turn for the worse,” writes Kendall.
Kendall Worth: When family is nothing but bad news
Kendall Worth on the awfulness of being on welfare and dealing with close family members who attack you for it.
Kendall Worth: Thanksgiving a mixed blessing when you’re on Income Assistance
“On Thanksgivings income assistance recipients do try to celebrate being thankful for what they do have to the best of their ability. Yet when you live in poverty you have less to be thankful for.”
Kendall Worth reports.