Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency: Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Project Talk About Work, Welfare, and their Futures
This report presents discussions with single parents in British Columbia and New Brunswick who were offered the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) supplement if they left welfare and took full-time jobs. A total of 99 of the more than 1,000 eligible for supplement payments participated in a series of focus groups, and they shared their thoughts about and experiences with working and being on welfare.
Project Details
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Income Security - Welfare and Employment
Population: Low-income Populations - Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients - Women - Communities and Families - EI Recipients
Start Date: February 1992
Completion Date: March 2006
Sponsors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
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