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Social services making major investments to support at-risk kids, families
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Social Services is making some big investments to support at-risk children and families. According to the ministry, the 2023-24 fiscal year will see an estimated $174 millio...
Apr 13, 2023
'Serious gaps:' Children's advocate finds problems in social services
In just one of Saskatchewan's child protection programs under the Ministry of Social Services, the province's children's advocate found multiple issues and a system marked with a "history of ongoing c...
Apr 05, 2023 Saskatchewan Social Service Minister Gene Makowsky. (980 CJME)
Saskatchewan family calling for help for daughter with intellectual disabilities
Barbara and Barry Stuckey stood together, each in turn gripping a large photo frame with a picture of their 25-year-old daughter Jessica inside -- someone they and the Saskatchewan NDP believe needs m...
Jan 17, 2023 Barry and Barb Stuckey hold a picture of their daughter Jessica, who has an intellectual disability and was held in jail for over a month before being transferred to a psychiatric hospital. The Stuckeys want help from the provincial government to get supports for their daughter. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. government proposes updated child welfare legislation
The Saskatchewan government is looking to improve welfare services for children in the province. On Monday, the government introduced The Child and Family Services Amendment Act, 2022, after getting i...
Nov 14, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
'Benefits who?': Information denial questioned by privacy commissioner
One family is trying to heal, but believes to do that, it needs information the Saskatchewan government is keeping under wraps. On Truth and Reconciliation Day last year, Sept. 30, a person who wishes...
Oct 03, 2022 A person, who wishes not to be named, is having trouble getting family information from Saskatchewan Social Services they believe will help their family heal. (980 CJME)
Seniors Income Plan monthly payments increasing in Sask.
Saskatchewan is hiking monthly benefits for some seniors in the province. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government said the maximum monthly benefit given out under the Seniors Income Pla...
Jul 28, 2022
Landlord association says changes to income assistance leading to rising homeless numbers
Changes made to Saskatchewan's income assistance programs are contributing to a rise in homelessness in Saskatoon, says Cameron Choquette, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Landlord Association. On Tuesday,...
Jul 14, 2022 (Canadian Press file photo)
'SIS is a nightmare': Single parents floundering with social assistance
Since even before the Saskatchewan Income Supplement (SIS) program became mandatory, people have been raising the alarm and pointing out what they feel are serious problems. On Thursday, two single pa...
May 12, 2022 Frank Francoeur is a single father on Saskatchewan Income Supplement and says problems with that program have him facing eviction with no help. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP releases report on housing and poverty, calls on government to do more
Meara Conway says she and others noticed a housing and poverty crisis in the province. That prompted the NDP Regina Elphinstone-Centre MLA to speak to different communities in the province about what ...
Jan 25, 2022 NDP MLA Meara Conway releases her report after public consultations on housing and poverty on Jan. 24, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Social Services critic to government: Stop evictions, restore income support
The Opposition NDP is calling on the Saskatchewan government to restore income support for those who took federal pandemic aid, as well as to reinstate the moratorium on evictions. "This government is...
Nov 23, 2020 Meara Conway, NDP candidate for Regina Elphinstone, in front of her campaign office. Oct. 13, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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