Achieving the Promise Ending Poverty in Alberta Published by: Edmonton Social Planning Council Public Interest Alberta Alberta College of Social Workers.

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Achieving the Promise Ending Poverty in Alberta Published by: Edmonton Social Planning Council Public Interest Alberta Alberta College of Social Workers November 2012

Assessing Child and Family Poverty 91,000 Alberta children under 18 years living below the low income measure (after-tax) in One in nine Alberta children lived in poverty. With the slow economic recovery, this represents a 12% decrease from The % of young children under 6 years living in low income is higher than the under 18 child poverty rate. 48,200 young children (one in six) are living in low income families in Children under 18 years are almost four times as likely to live in female lone-parent families as in two-parent families. Over half (52%) of Alberta low income children under 18 are living in families where at least one parent works full-time for the entire year.

Albertans Earning $15 per hour or less, by Age Group April 2011 to March 2012

Solutions- Build on What’s Working Enhance federal child tax benefits Introduce parallel Alberta Child Benefit Reward work (increase minimum wage and employment tax credits, implement living wage) Support place-based initiatives Increase and index income supports for those who can’t work Strengthen public services (child care, education, health care, public pensions) Deliver on 10 Year Homeless Plans Use Homeless Plans as a model for a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy