25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction to Release Accountability Report
Evaluating Year One of Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy
This report outlines in detail the commitments made by the Ontario government in Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Cycle, released on
It evaluates the progress Ontario has made over the past year in meeting these commitments and the degree to which Ontario has met 25 in 5's Five Tests for a Successful Poverty Reduction Strategy, issued in the fall of 2008.
The report also proposes the next steps that government must take in order to meet its target of reducing child and family poverty by 25% by 2013.
When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 10:00am Where: Queen's Park Media Studio, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, First Floor Who: Pat Capponi, of 25 in 5 and Voices From the Street Greg deGroot-Magetti, co-chair of 25 in 5 and the Mennonite Central Committee of Ontario Neethan Shan, of 25 in 5 and the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)
25 in 5's Five Tests for a Successful Poverty Reduction Strategy is available at www.25in5.ca/publications/five-tests-for-success.
The report will be available online at
For further information: Media contact: Trish Hennessy, (416) 525-4927
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