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Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:30 PM
Amidst high inflation and cost-of-living challenges in 2022, British Columbia took substantive action on reconciliation, housing and child care, affordability, and community supports for those with complex needs.
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Friday, March 10, 2023 11:00 AM
Employers will have access to more free online resources helping them build and maintain psychologically safe and healthy workplaces thanks to a $700,000 provincial grant to the B.C. division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA-BC).
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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:45 PM
A new labour market study will provide insights into British Columbia’s non-profit sector and help identify solutions to sector-wide challenges.
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Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:15 AM
British Columbians experiencing or at-risk of homelessness will benefit from expanded services, supports, and more timely access to care, thanks to new investments in Budget 2022.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022 7:30 AM
Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, have issued the following statement in recognition of Community Social Services Awareness Month, March 1-31:
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Monday, October 4, 2021 2:55 PM
Increasing supports and services in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic helped some of B.C.’s most vulnerable people, as outlined in the 2020 annual report on poverty reduction.
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Monday, February 22, 2021 10:00 AM
The third intake of the Province’s Work Experience Opportunities Grant has opened to help more British Columbians move toward economic recovery, thanks to broader eligibility requirements.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020 7:30 AM
Fourteen community-based projects are benefiting from $450,000 in government funding to increase accessibility and community inclusion.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 10:00 AM
The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to Oct. 31, 2020, with 162 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported in October.
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Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:00 AM
Organizations and agencies in B.C.’s community social services sector will be better able to build capacity, support recruitment and retention, and improve occupational health and safety training programs for staff, thanks to $10 million in one-time funding from the Province.
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