From Poverty To Possibility
Moving people from poverty to possibility
To meet the basic needs of our community’s most vulnerable people, giving every person the opportunity to realize a better future.
The Challenges
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16%
The percentage of Hastings-Prince Edward households that are considered low income.
Why it matters:
This is nearly 2% above the provincial average, preventing residents from obtaining access to basic needs.
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16.8%
Of HPE families are not food secure.
Why it matters:
Everyone needs access to a nutritional diet and regular meals to be the best that they can be.
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3rd
Our community is currently ranked very high in Core Housing Need, behind only Toronto and Vancouver.
Why it matters:
Everyone deserves access to a supply of affordable, suitable and adequate housing to ensure that they are properly housed and not at risk of homelessness.
How We’re Changing Lives
Access To Basic Needs
Improving access to the affordability of the basic needs of life, in order to reduce the human, social and economical costs of poverty on our community.
Employment, Skills Building and Financial Security
United Way Hastings & Prince Edward is helping individuals to find meaningful employment, manage expenses and support their families from job skills training and continuing education opportunities to finance literacy programs.
Improve The Service System
Strengthening the service system to support a “person first” approach, with increasing integration and collaboration among community services, improved access through intensive case coordination and decentralizing service delivery
