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Senior's Secretariat Community Grant Application Form 2018

The PEI Seniors’ Secretariat is inviting organizations and community groups who are seeking the opportunity to undertake activities which align with the Secretariat’s priority areas of action to submit a proposal for funding.

A list of additional background resources related to poverty issues as provided by the Cooper Institute.

PEI’s rates of low income were relatively stable throughout the 2000s and the post-recession period, but have fluctuated significantly in recent years.

There is no accepted measure of poverty in Canada. Instead, the measures of low income, need, and deprivation are used.  None are perfect, but together they paint a picture.

Stable, safe, adequate housing is a fundamental human need, and provides a foundation from which Islanders can achieve success in education, employment, community participation, and health.