Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency: Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Project Talk About Work, Welfare, and their Futures - SRDC

Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – The Struggle for Self-Sufficiency: Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Project Talk About Work, Welfare, and their Futures

Authors:Wendy BancroftSheila Currie

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.

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