MOVING FROM CHARITY TO INVESTMENT

REDUCING THE COST OF POVERTY IN MEDICINE HAT

6 Priority Areas Living Wage Affordable Housing Recreation Transportation Education Food Security ... but we can do even better.
Solutions to poverty come from community change that is focused on economic and social inclusion, policy and systems change, and leveraging advantages for all.

$968 10% 16%

Poverty Rate of children live in poverty

Poverty in Medicine Hat Where were at:

We are making progress in a number of ways ...

benefit from the the average cost for one months worth of nutritious school lunch program food for a family of 4

200 children

56% of adults, or

2664 individuals, living in poverty are women

2590 children
living in poverty, 2/3 of them have single parents

Stable, safe and uncrowded housing is critical to childhood development, including social, psychological, and academic performance

161

people graduated from the Housing First program between 2009 and 2012

$7.1-9.5

billion the annual cost of poverty in Alberta

Support a Living Wage

$13/hour/parent is the living wage for 2-parent families $19/hour for a single parent $13/hour for a single

44% of adults living

30%
of all working women earn less than $13/hour

in poverty are men, or 2160 individuals

12 more hours added to

207 youth participated in 17

different sports with KidSport

weekly services by Medicine youth benefited from Hat Special Transit Jumpstart

280

person

800

single parent families live in poverty

Parents whose children had access to recreation had a 10% greater chance to moving away from dependance on social assistance