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).”
Welfare
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.
In Nova Scotia incomes for people on social assistance continue downward slide in 2018
The newest provincial welfare stats are in: In 2018 in Nova Scotia the very poor get poorer once again, and we continue to be the province with the lowest total incomes for people on social assistance.
Kendall Worth looks at the upcoming session of the Nova Scotia legislature
Kendall Worth on two issues he and other people on income assistance care a lot about, the bureaucratic nonsense around special diets, and the need to raise the rates to something more like a living wage.
Kendall Worth: You’re just lazy! Income assistance, stigma and home care support after surgery
Kendall Worth on the bad experiences of some people on income assistance who received home care while recovering from surgery.
Susan Leblanc: Letter to Minister Regan about hurricane support for Income Assistance recipients
Dartmouth North MLA Susan Leblanc writes to Community Services Minister Kely Regan to tell her about the confusion re payments to ESIA clients who had to throw out spoiled food after hurricane Dorian.
“People are being told different things than their neighbours, getting different and conflicting information from people they trust, and what’s worse, some people will receive financial assistance without realizing it puts them in an overpayment situation until they receive their payment for October.”
Kendall Worth: Low vacancy rate causes rents and evictions to increase in Dartmouth North
Kendall Worth meets with Dartmouth North MLA Susan Leblanc to talk about special needs allowances and housing.
Kendall Worth: Community Services caseworkers confused about Hurricane Dorian emergency funding
In some cases people on income assistance dealing with spoiled food after the hurricane hear one thing from the Minister of Community Services, and different things from their caseworkers, writes Kendall Worth.
Kendall Worth: Surviving Dorian while poor
Life is never easy for poor people, and this is never more true than when a hurricane hits. Reporter Kendall Worth talked to several people about their worries and concerns right before Dorian arrived in Nova Scotia.
Kendall Worth: More housing worries
Here is yet another story by Kendall Worth about housing and poverty. Rose has learning disabilities and may have to move out of the place she loves as it is becoming more difficult for her ageing parents to support her.