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• ACWS Position on Supports for Independence
  
  Published in 2004 this document provides the reasoning behind ACWS's decision to support the increasing of Supports for Independence by the Alberta government. It also demonstrates the harms of providing inadequate funding.
• Recommendations to the Low Income Review Committee
  
  Recommendations and calls to action based on "Supports for Independence and the Cost of Living in Alberta, Regional Differences"
• Report: Supports for Independence and the Cost of Living in Alberta: Regional Differences
  
  A comparison of the average cost of housing, food, and other necessities in Alberta to the average amount provided by the Supports for Independence (SFI) program. Report found that in many cases the allowances provided by SFI were not enough to cover the cost of food and shelter alone.