Disability Myths - Get Informed will address some of the myths you may have encountered about people with disabilities and give you a more accurate picture of their capabilities and the challenges they experience. We encourage you to share this resource with your students, employer, clients, friends and family. Both regular and large print copies of this booklet can be accessed at no cost by clicking
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or calling (403) 410-2573. | | Make Tax Time Pay has identified financial benefits and credits available to families who file tax returns. If you are interested in attending one of our many workshops scheduled throughout the year or if your organization would like to host a session for clients or staff, please call (403) 410-2573 or email
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. | | Crimes of Desperation: The truth about poverty-related crime examines the issue of poverty-related crime in Calgary. The report finds that a significant amount of crime committed by females is rooted in poverty and the costs to the woman, her children and the system are significant.
Crimes of Desperation considers strategies to reduce the barriers facing women living in poverty and proposes changes to public policy that would better support women and have the potential to reduce poverty-related crime in Calgary. |  Executive
Summary Full Report | Cementing Our Relationship: Private sector involvement in affordable housing While examining issues related to the province’s dwindling affordable housing stock, the Poverty Reduction Coalition began to investigate who was actually participating in the provision of affordable housing and to what level builders and developers were involved. Recognizing that considerable work had already been done by builders and developers, the Coalition captured and shared this information in an accessible way. With financial support from the Alberta Real Estate Foundation, the Poverty Reduction Coalition commissioned the University of Calgary to conduct a review of best practices and innovative opportunities for private sector involvement in the creation of affordable housing. | 
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Report | The Truth about Affordable Housing will shatter some commonly held misconceptions about affordable housing in Calgary. The booklet is only available in hard copy and can be accessed at no cost by clicking
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or calling (403) 410-2573. The accompanying poster series can be downloaded here or you can call or email our offices for printed copies of this resource as well.
We encourage you to share this resource with your students, employees, clients, friends and family.
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Affordable Housing Myths Poster Series | The Truth About Poverty is the first in a new and exciting series of myth busters that challenges six commonly held beliefs about poverty in Calgary and Alberta: - People living in poverty do not have a job.
- Full-time workers earn enough to support themselves and their families.
- A strong economy means that Albertans are wealthy.
- Self-employed workers are wealthy professionals.
- If the economy remains strong, the situation will improve.
- Poverty is only an issue for the poor.
The booklet is only available in hard copy and can be accessed at no cost by clicking
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or calling (403) 410-2573. The accompanying poster series can be downloaded here or you can call or email our offices for printed copies of this resource as well.
We hope you will share this exciting new resource with your colleagues, clients, friends and family.
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Poverty Myths
Poster Series | Surviving Not Thriving: The untold story of struggling Calgarians examines poverty in our city using eight typical but hypothetical families, each surviving on different income sources. Despite cautious calculations, we found that half of these families fell further into debt each month, while the others were left with a monthly surplus ranging from $10 to $172. This report forms the basis for the work being done by the Poverty Reduction Coalition. The Coalition believes there is a role for everyone in identifying and implementing solutions to poverty in Calgary. We hope that once you read this report you will work with other businesses, agencies and/or individuals to develop your own action plan. | 
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