What you need to know about getting a birth certificate -
birth services offered in the following provinces:

B.C. - Financial Empowerment Initiative

• Financial Empowerment Resources Network (FERN) - a collaborative initiative led by Community Social Planning Council, bringing interested stakeholders together to create a "community of practice" focusing on "financial literacy, financial inclusion and asset-building as pathways out of poverty".
  • FERN Community Resource Guide [pdf] - a collection of over 60 programs and services in Greater Victoria which "address the financial needs of people living on no, low or moderate incomes". Because government programs are rapidly changing and can be difficult to navigate, this guide includes organizations who will help you find what you need.

Alberta - Benefits and Subsidies

• You Can Benefit - for people living in Edmonton. By answering a few questions, you can find federal, provincial, and municipal benefits and subsidies for which you may be eligible. Details are also provided on how to apply.

Ontario - Poverty Infographics

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit: Rethink Poverty: Change minds, change lives
	The real solution to local hunger December 2016		Not enough to pay for basics 2016 Nutritious Food Basket
	With great thanks to Elsie Azevedo Perry at Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

New Brunswick - Tax Clinics

• Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation (ESIC) - was created to "develop, oversee, coordinate and implement initiatives to reduce poverty and assist thousands of New Brunswickers to become more self-sufficient".
• ESIC news release March 27, 2017 - Income tax preparation clinic for people on modest incomes. (Lisez la version française)

Advocacy and Research in the United States

• StreetCred program - "Over 90% of children in the United States saw a pediatrician at least once last year, which means too many busy, hardworking, stressed families spent lots of precious time in waiting rooms or by hospital beds." StreetCred advertises eligibility for government assistance programs in hospitals, clinics and surrounding communities; they are trained by local partners to walk families through completing complicated applications and filing taxes.
• The relationships among SNAP benefits, grocery spending, diet quality, and the adequacy of low-income families resources - by Patricia M. Anderson and Kristin F. Butcher. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 14, 2016