--- title: The Latest | Poverty Reduction description: Poverty Reduction | --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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[Canada Without Poverty](https://cwp-csp.ca/) has released [Poverty Progress Profiles 2022](https://cwp-csp.ca/submissions-and-reports/) whose key message is that no benefit, social assistance program, or minimum wage rate in Canada is enough to provide people with sufficient money for everyday expenses. These include necessities like rent, nutritious food, childcare, transportation, and medications. In addition, no inflation benefit provides people with any lasting or adequate relief during this cost-of-living crisis in 2022.   [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/canada-needs-a-rights-based-approach-to-anti-poverty-strategies?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Summit-for-strength-dias.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) ### [Event Recap: Communities Ending Poverty: Summit for Strength](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on June 7, 2023 Recapping three dynamic days of learning and exploring resilience in a new way [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Overdue-bills-image.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/financially-vulnerable-fight-to-rebuild-financial-health?hsLang=en-us) ### [Financially Vulnerable Fight to Rebuild Financial Health](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/financially-vulnerable-fight-to-rebuild-financial-health?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/tamarack-institute) on June 1, 2023 A new report from [Prosper Canada](https://prospercanada.org/) shows low-income Canadians are struggling financially but don’t have the help they need to recover. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/financially-vulnerable-fight-to-rebuild-financial-health?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/illiyeen-nelson-boat_cropped_edited.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/nelson-at-its-best-drives-successful-poverty-reduction-strategy-implementation?hsLang=en-us) ### [Nelson at its Best drives successful poverty reduction strategy implementation](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/nelson-at-its-best-drives-successful-poverty-reduction-strategy-implementation?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Jill Zacharias](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/jill-zacharias) on September 29, 2022 Following the launch of their [poverty reduction strategy](https://www.bestnelson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Together-Nelson_A-Community-Action-Strategy-To-Reduce-Poverty-in-Nelson-Area_Nov-2021.pdf) in 2021, [Nelson at its Best](https://www.bestnelson.org/) (NAIB) is leading successful implementation through targeted collaboration with community partners. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/nelson-at-its-best-drives-successful-poverty-reduction-strategy-implementation?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/kelly-sikkema-kids-in-masks.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/putting-knowledge-into-action-in-a-post-covid-world?hsLang=en-us) ### [Putting Knowledge into Action in a (Post)-COVID World](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/putting-knowledge-into-action-in-a-post-covid-world?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Jim Cresswell](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/jim-cresswell) on September 26, 2022 This blog post is the second in a two-part series of posts by Jim Cresswell, PhD, in relation to the [COVID 19 and the Newly Vulnerable](https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/c19-newly-vulnerable) initiative. [Click here to see the first post in this series](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-capacity-as-a-way-to-empower-those-living-with-poverty?hsLang=en-us). [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/putting-knowledge-into-action-in-a-post-covid-world?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/nathan-dumlao-family.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-capacity-as-a-way-to-empower-those-living-with-poverty?hsLang=en-us) ### [Rethinking capacity as a way to empower those living with poverty](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/rethinking-capacity-as-a-way-to-empower-those-living-with-poverty?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Jim Cresswell](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/jim-cresswell) on September 12, 2022 This blog post is the first in a two-part series of posts by Jim Cresswell, PhD, in relation to the [COVID 19 and the Newly Vulnerable](https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/c19-newly-vulnerable) initiative. [Click here to see the second post in this series](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/putting-knowledge-into-action-in-a-post-covid-world?hsLang=en-us). 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