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The Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council is based on the understanding that no single group or organization can successfully address poverty on its own. Through a collaborative, community-wide, integrated, and cross-sectoral approach, the WPRC aims to support and enhance current initiatives to create “A City Where Everyone Belongs.”
WPRC focuses on eight areas:
- early childhood development
- early education
- post-secondary education
- social infrastructure
- asset building and wealth creation
- affordable housing
- disability income and quality of life benefits
- public education and engagement
Winnipeg Learning Accounts
Students from Winnipeg’s inner city will have the chance to put aside up to $8000 for post-secondary studies, available to them up to the age of 25, thanks to the “You Can Do It” Awards program, developed by representatives of the Winnipeg School Division, The Winnipeg Foundation, Manitoba Advanced Education, and the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council(WPRC). WPRC is raising matching dollars for over 300 awards of $1,000 a year for five years. Learn more in WPRC’s 2011-2012 Report to the Community.
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