We send  What's on the MOVES on the first and third Friday of the month. Our goal is to share information about upcoming events, agency news and relevant announcements with the DC MOVES mailing list. If you have information to share through this bulletin, please email your information in text and an attached image or logo OR pdf AD/Flyer to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes.

Events

STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
with Capacity Canada
Thursday October 24th 2019, 8:30 to 12
Orangeville Georgian College Campus

Community Wellbeing

Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
In 2012, Tamarack created a national movement called Cities Reducing Poverty to allow more cities to learn from one another and scale their impact. Simply stated, membership in Cities Reducing Poverty is organized to make the work of municipalities and local poverty reduction roundtables easier and more effective. As a movement, Cities Reducing Poverty also aims to align poverty reduction strategies at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
In 2017 we joined the CRP movement and DCEC is a current member.
Province Rolls Back Changes to Social Assistance
  • The Province announced that it would no longer be proceeding with previously planned cuts and changes to social assistance, informing municipalities and DSSABs that:The Transition Child Benefit, originally set to be eliminated on November 1, will continue to be delivered at its current levels.
  • There will be no changes at the current time to earning exemptions for Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program. 
OMSSA applauds this positive step and looks forward to continuing to work with the Province as it proceeds with its review of social assistance and employment programs. 



Resource Sharing
Policy Updates
Community, Culture and Recreation Funding
The Province is now accepting funding applications for projects under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program's (ICIP) Community, Culture and Recreation (CCR) stream. Fund will go funds will go toward renovations, upgrades and new construction for projects that will help deliver vital services for communities, foster greater social inclusion and improve the quality of life for residents.  Learn more and apply by November 12, 2019 .