This paper examines the reasons why Ontario Works (OW) clients return to social assistance, with a specific focus on the Region of Waterloo. It uses an analysis of case file data from the Province of Ontario’s social assistance database to provide a comprehensive understanding of the OW caseload for the regional municipality. The findings reveal that the reasons why clients return to OW in the Region of Waterloo are complicated and there are many factors – such as gender, age, education, family composition, and housing – that determine whether a client will return to social assistance
Many countries have instituted social assistance (SA) or welfare system reforms with goals of increa...
In early 2011, the Government of Ontario struck the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance t...
Between 1994 and 2008, social-assistance usage rates across Canada fell at a remarkable rate, with t...
This study explores how the post-1997, redeveloped Ontario Works welfare system, together with the e...
This paper exunines the isslrc of welfcne recidiuism m Toronto. Afeer reviewing the auailable litera...
Children’s Aid Societies have experienced extensive change since the implementation of recent child ...
There is a lack of research on Canadian Social Assistance (SA) that focuses on education (through qu...
This paper examines the role of Ontario municipalities in redistribution in an effort to understand ...
This paper examines whether the short- and long-term goals surrounding the Ontario government’s deci...
The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, ...
This paper uses a recent survey of welfare leavers in Toronto to examine Workfare, a uniquely Americ...
We use administrative data to provide a first look at the dynamics of social assistance use among lo...
Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1981...
This thesis reports on a two-part study exploring the occupational possibilities of people receiving...
Retention of social workers in the field of child welfare is poor. The problem is made even more dif...
Many countries have instituted social assistance (SA) or welfare system reforms with goals of increa...
In early 2011, the Government of Ontario struck the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance t...
Between 1994 and 2008, social-assistance usage rates across Canada fell at a remarkable rate, with t...
This study explores how the post-1997, redeveloped Ontario Works welfare system, together with the e...
This paper exunines the isslrc of welfcne recidiuism m Toronto. Afeer reviewing the auailable litera...
Children’s Aid Societies have experienced extensive change since the implementation of recent child ...
There is a lack of research on Canadian Social Assistance (SA) that focuses on education (through qu...
This paper examines the role of Ontario municipalities in redistribution in an effort to understand ...
This paper examines whether the short- and long-term goals surrounding the Ontario government’s deci...
The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, ...
This paper uses a recent survey of welfare leavers in Toronto to examine Workfare, a uniquely Americ...
We use administrative data to provide a first look at the dynamics of social assistance use among lo...
Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1981...
This thesis reports on a two-part study exploring the occupational possibilities of people receiving...
Retention of social workers in the field of child welfare is poor. The problem is made even more dif...
Many countries have instituted social assistance (SA) or welfare system reforms with goals of increa...
In early 2011, the Government of Ontario struck the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance t...
Between 1994 and 2008, social-assistance usage rates across Canada fell at a remarkable rate, with t...