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Financial counselling supports overall health and well-being

25 March 2019
Author: Wendy Abbott-Serroul

Alice came to the Thunder Bay Counselling (TBC) office distraught, overwhelmed and defeated. She had not been receiving any direct income for some time and was relying on friends and family to help her to pay rent, food and health expenses.

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Tags: benefits, Coaching, financial advice, financial counselling, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial well-being, goal setting, seniors, tax, tax filing

FEPS connects children to disability supports

28 September 2018
Author: Simi Khosa

The Financial Empowerment and Problem Solving (FEPS) program provides one-on-one financial problem-solving, tax filing assistance and financial education workshops to Ontarians with low and modest incomes and urgent financial problems.

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Tags: benefits, financial advice, financial well-being, low-income, RDSP, RESP, tax, tax filing

Reducing poverty is good, but building real financial well-being is even better

14 March 2018
Author: Elizabeth Mulholland

On February 21 2018, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos shared what Canadians have told him about poverty. He heard that poverty isn’t just about not enough money. Poverty goes hand in hand with hunger, inadequate housing, poor physical and mental health, discrimination, and social exclusion.

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Tags: benefits, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial well-being, low-income, poverty reduction, tax filing

Tax filing support for newcomers is crucial

20 December 2017
Author: Chloe Stanois

Rachid came to Canada from Syria with his wife and three children as government sponsored refugees. They had the support of friends within the community, as well as Reception House for settlement assistance.

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Tags: benefits, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial well-being, low-income, newcomers, tax, tax filing

WoodGreen Community Service’s tax clinic runs year round to support people living on a low income

14 September 2017
Author: Ansley Dawson

WoodGreen runs a Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, supported by the Canada Revenue Agency that has been in operation for over 20 years.

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Tags: benefits, financial counselling, financial empowerment, financial well-being, low-income, tax filing

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