Community: Income Support
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Comparing incomes when needs differ: Equivalisation for the extra costs of disability in the UK -2003 — Equivalisation of incomes for household size and composition is accepted practice when measuring poverty and inequality; adjustments to take account of other variations in needs are rarely made. This paper explores the financial implications of one possible source of additional needs: disability. Using two UK household surveys, we seek to establish whether there are extra costs of living associated with disability, and to quantify them using the ‘standard of living’ approach. From the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/
Disability Assistance Package - Supported Accommodation- Response to the discussion paper -2007
Financial Capability and Poverty Discussion Paper July 2004 — The objective of this discussion paper is to review available evidence from the research and practice of financial literacy as a complementary strategy to asset building. The first section reviews various definitions of financial literacy and proposes financial capability as an alternative. The second section reviews the major initiatives underway.
Financial compensation versus community supports: an analysis of the effects on caregivers and care receivers 1998 Synthesizes research and evidence on the effects of financial compensation on caregivers and care receivers as compared to other community supports in order to better understand its potential as a policy for supporting information caregivers. From: Mount Saint Vincent University, Department of Family Studies & Gerontology
INCOME SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -2011 — Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario all maintain separate income-support programs for the disabled. This paper examines the criteria applicants must meet for each program and traces variations in monthly payment levels in relation to political exigencies and inflationary pressures affecting the cost of living.