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Income Support Caseload

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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 ≫

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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...

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Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) Caseload

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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 ≫

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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.  

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Emergency Shelters Daily Occupancy AB

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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 ≫

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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.

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Alberta minimum wage profile

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

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Temporary rent assistance benefit (TRAB) rates

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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 ≫

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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.

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Seniors financial assistance programs : information booklet

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

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Affordable housing partnership program guidelines

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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 ≫

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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.

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Affordable housing partnership framework

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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 ≫

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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.

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Recovery-oriented housing model : report of the Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force

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This report of the Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force focuses on improving the homelessness situation in Alberta.

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Action plan on homelessness

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This action plan provides the first steps in the Government of Alberta's response to the Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force report. The task force was established to find... More ≫

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This action plan provides the first steps in the Government of Alberta's response to the Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force report. The task force was established to find innovative ways to end recurring homelessness in Alberta and to find long-term solutions to help those in need.

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