· Ottawa has a growing, aging, increasingly diverse population.
· Social services play a key role to decrease crimes and enhance wellbeing and belonging.
· In 2017 City Budget, the City- funded social service providers requested $2.8 million to address growing demands and emerging needs. This shows the size of the problem and the need to increase community funding.
· In a 2018 survey to City-funded social service providers conducted by Social Planning Council, 87% of respondents reported an increase in demand for services, 44% reduced services, 18% turned clients away.
· In a City for All, everyone has access to social services.
· Ottawa has a growing, aging, increasingly diverse population.
· Social services play a key role to decrease crimes and enhance wellbeing and belonging.
· In 2017 City Budget, the City- funded social service providers requested $2.8 million to address growing demands and emerging needs. This shows the size of the problem and the need to increase community funding.
· In a 2018 survey to City-funded social service providers conducted by Social Planning Council, 87% of respondents reported an increase in demand for services, 44% reduced services, 18% turned clients away.
· Will you ensure that community and city social services have sufficient funding to keep pace with the growing demand?
· Will you raise taxes as needed in order to meet the unmet and emerging needs of our increasingly complex city (i.e. housing, transit, social services)?