Pages tagged "Social Programs"
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UCP cuts program that helps build parks and community halls
The UCP has cut nearly 50 per cent of the community facility enhancement program (CFEP), which provides matching grants to help build and upgrade public-use facilities to community associations.
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UCP wins legal bid to cut young adults benefits
Hundreds of young adults transitioning out of the child welfare system will be cut off from their government benefits at 22 instead of 24, after Alberta's highest court upholds UCP cut with warning.
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UCP cuts camp for adults with developmental disabilities
The UCP government has cut funding to a central Alberta camp for adults with developmental disabilities. The province had been providing roughly $628,000 in total funding through the Michener Centre.
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UCP spending $20M to wean non-profits off government funding
Last week, the UCP announced the Civil Society Fund, designed to increase funding for the non-profit sector, presumably non-government funding.
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Kenney should know what he’s taking from handicapped
Letter from father and legal guardian of a 26-year-old severely handicapped son, who was born with cerebral palsy, shares the impact of the UCP funding cuts for services for handicapped people.
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Camp for developmentally disabled loses government funding
The UCP cruelly cuts funding to Camp L.G. Barnes, a lakeshore camp for people with developmental disabilities.
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UCP government closing treatment centre for homeless men
The UCP is shutting down the McCullough Centre, a treatment centre for homeless men dealing with addiction and mental health issues, 75 men will be without treatment and 63 employees without jobs.
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Lawsuit launched against UCP cuts to opioid treatment program
'It is a death sentence.' iOAT patients testified about the cuts to the life-changing impact of the program. They've launched lawsuit after UCP cut funding for the opioid treatment program.
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Kenney says UCP looking at 'people qualifying' for AISH
When a senior government source previously confirmed that “there is a push to potentially make some cuts” to AISH, Kenney confirmed that they were not cutting AISH, but kicking some people off of it. Read more -
UCP government cuts income supports to 10,000 people
The UCP has clawed back provincial benefits from 10,000 Albertans because they started receiving CERB payments. Other provinces allowed poorest residents to keep both federal and provincial benefits. Read more