Local FCSS programs and projects address local priorities based on social needs. When developing a program logic model (PLM) for an FCSS initiative in your community, you identify outcomes that relate to your statement of need and the overall goal. Measures are the questions related to the outcomes identified for the program or project being undertaken.

2012  Living Wage Information poster.

This report examines a poverty reduction tool that is gaining momentum amongst municipalities in Canada – Living Wage. The report provides information that is intended to inform discussions respecting Living Wage within Grande Prairie.

A living wage is an hourly wage a worker needs to earn to cover their basic expenses within their community. It is recalculated on an annual basis to ensure that it accurately reflects changing living expenses. This report shows how the living wage rates for 2021 were calculated for twelve communities across Alberta. With the exception of Lethbridge and Rocky Mountain House, the living wage calculation is based on a family of four with two parents working 35 hours per week.

This report summarizes research conducted on a poverty reduction tool which is gaining momentum amongst municipalities in Canada Living Wage.

This report examines a poverty reduction tool that is gaining momentum amongst municipalities in Canada – Living Wage. The report provides information that is intended to inform discussions respecting Living Wage within Grande Prairie.

In conjunction with becoming a City Reducing Poverty with the Vibrant Communities Canada movement, in 2013, Grande Prairie released Living Wage estimates for the City.

Living Wage is the amount of income an individual or family requires to meet their basic needs, to maintain a safe, decent standard of living in their communities and to save for future needs and goals (Vibrant Communities Calgary, 2012).

In May 2013, Vibrant Communities Canada (VCC) formally released the Canadian Living Wage Framework. Living Wage estimates released by the City of Grande Prairie in 2013 followed the CLWF. The CLWF is again used as a guide for Grande Prairie's 2014 Living Wage Update.

Grande Prairie is not unique from other communities in that poverty and its effects can pose a challenging obstacle in the journey towards sustainability. In recognition of the need to address poverty within the community, Grande Prairie’s Community Action to End Poverty (CAEP) Committee was established in 2012.

The Standards of Practice identified within this manual are derived from and in accordance with Housing First Core Principles identified below. This ensures standardize practices across agencies and concordance with the Housing First Philosophy. They provide a means of validating and providing evidence of the agencies effectiveness in terms of the agreements.