All Resources

Alberta minimum wage profile

Description

The Alberta Minimum Wage Profile presents current information on persons whose average hourly earnings are at or below minimum wage

Tags

Temporary rent assistance benefit (TRAB) rates

Description

The temporary rent assistance benefit provides a modest subsidy for working households with low income or those between jobs. Support is intended to help eligible tenants afford their rent while... More ≫

Description

The temporary rent assistance benefit provides a modest subsidy for working households with low income or those between jobs. Support is intended to help eligible tenants afford their rent while they stabilize or improve their situation. This document provides the TRAB rates in Alberta's seven largest municipalities.

Tags

Income Support Caseload

Description

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Income Support caseload in Alberta, including two client groups: those Expected to Work (ETW) and those who have... More ≫

Description

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Income Support caseload in Alberta, including two client groups: those Expected to Work (ETW) and those who have Barriers to Full Employment (BFE). Income Support provides financial benefits to individuals and families who do not have the resources to meet their basic needs, like food, clothing, and shelter. The caseload is defined as the number of households categorized as ETW or BFE during a specific reporting period. Most commonly, this is reported as the average volume for a specific period (e.g., annually).   The composition of the caseload is made up of single individuals, lone-parent families, couples with children and couples without children. In April 2018, a breakdown of the number of caseloads by SCSS Regions was added to provide greater context.   NOTE: (1) - Due to a change in how region information is tracked within source systems, updated region caseloads for Income Support...

Tags

Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) Caseload

Description

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) caseload in Alberta. The AISH program provides financial and... More ≫

Description

This Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) dataset describes the monthly Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) caseload in Alberta. The AISH program provides financial and health benefits to eligible adult Albertans with a permanent medical condition that prevents them from earning a living.   Caseloads are reported as the actual volume each month and by the Alberta government’s fiscal year. Depending on an individual’s situation, some AISH benefits may also be provided for a spouse or partner and dependent children.   Monthly caseloads are also shown as a portion of the entire Alberta population; and by gender, age, primary medical condition, family composition, employment participation and six service delivery regions across the province.   For locations of AISH delivery regions, choose the Alberta Seniors, Community and Social Services Regions Map within the Resources section.  

Tags

Seniors financial assistance programs : information booklet

Description

Provides program information and eligibility requirements for several financial assistance programs for Alberta seniors.

Tags

Emergency Shelters Daily Occupancy AB

Description

This collection of datasets provided by Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) in both Excel and .csv format, contain aggregated data from 2013-2024, on the number of individuals accessing... More ≫

Description

This collection of datasets provided by Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS) in both Excel and .csv format, contain aggregated data from 2013-2024, on the number of individuals accessing Adult Emergency Shelters funded by SCSS. Information contained in the data set includes: Date, Shelter Name, Total Approved Beds, Number of Beds funded by SCSS, Number of Beds funded by SCSS for Winter Emergency Response, Daily Occupancy.

Tags

Workplace training program : program guidelines

Description

The purpose of this guideline is to outline program requirements and eligibility criteria for interested participants, employers and providers for the Workplace Training Program. This is a... More ≫

Description

The purpose of this guideline is to outline program requirements and eligibility criteria for interested participants, employers and providers for the Workplace Training Program. This is a participant-centred program that provides employer-delivered incremental training, work-site training and paid work experience for participants to obtain and maintain a job that would not otherwise occur. The objective of the program is to assist participants who are unemployed to acquire workplace and occupation-related skills required in the local labour market, and to obtain and maintain sustainable employment.

Tags

Affordable housing partnership program guidelines

Description

The Affordable Housing Partnership Program Guideline is a companion document to Stronger Foundations: Alberta’s 10-year strategy to improve and expand affordable housing. The guidelines should be... More ≫

Description

The Affordable Housing Partnership Program Guideline is a companion document to Stronger Foundations: Alberta’s 10-year strategy to improve and expand affordable housing. The guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Affordable Housing Partnership Framework, as they contain specific information such as eligibility criteria and proposal evaluation criteria to obtain provincial support.

Tags

Affordable housing partnership framework

Description

The Affordable Housing Partnership Framework is a companion document to Stronger Foundations: Alberta’s 10-year strategy to improve and expand affordable housing. It is a unique Alberta approach... More ≫

Description

The Affordable Housing Partnership Framework is a companion document to Stronger Foundations: Alberta’s 10-year strategy to improve and expand affordable housing. It is a unique Alberta approach to develop innovative and sustainable affordable housing solutions for Albertans with low income by bringing together partners from public, private, and non-profit organizations to increase supply in high need areas of the province. The framework provides the overarching goals, objectives and policy directions intended for affordable housing projects that meet the criteria for provincial support under the Affordable Housing Partnership Program.

Tags

Family and community support services accountability framework

Description

The Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Accountability Framework provides a common definition of prevention, identifies key provincial prevention priorities and increases accountability... More ≫

Description

The Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Accountability Framework provides a common definition of prevention, identifies key provincial prevention priorities and increases accountability through a better outcomes model that will demonstrate the impact and value of FCSS. The Framework will help guide local programming to better address the pressing social challenges Albertans are facing today.

Tags