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Calgary - Low Income Resources

If you're in Calgary and are a low-income resident in the city who is worried about being evicted due to non-payment of rental funds, check this out Homeless and Eviction Prevention Fund Not a whole ton of...

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Homeless Eviction and Prevention Fund

HEP Fund no longer deals in basic "Damage Deposit" or first/last month benefits in emergency situations for most clients who approach HEP these days. (I learned this, May 2009) I know you are thinking,...

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Poverty For Profits

Have you paid attention, lately, to where your donation money might be going? It might be going into 'business models' instead of toward the needy you were intending to assist! Have you seen 'campaigns'...

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Project Homeless Connect In Calgary

Project Homeless Connect Event Number 4 ocurred on February 28th 2009 from 9am - 4pm on location at Petro-Canada Centre in the heart of downtown Calgary: 150-6th Avenue S.W. Organizers and Volunteers who...

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Public Assumptions About Low Income Services

Public assumption seems to be that those in poverty should be grateful about handouts and get their 'stuff' together so that they do not require handouts anymore. Much public assumption leans in the...

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Poverty Is Environmentally Friendly

Homeless people recycle... .............A LOT! Most of their belongings are second-hand and many homeless people gather bottles and cans to take to the bottle depot in order...

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LICO and Poverty (Low Income Cut Off)

L.I.C.O. means L.ow I.ncome C.ut O.ff LICO is a statistic that Canadian Government officials realize is very incompatible with 'Living Wage' realities, but LICO it is still the number that Social Services...

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