Pathways to a Better Future: Manitoba's Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Pathways to a Better Future: Manitoba's Poverty Reduction Strategy takes a whole-of-government approach. It highlights the progress that has been accomplished and presents ongoing and future key initiatives along the six priority areas. The key target of the strategy is to reduce the child poverty rate and in addition support the federal goals of reducing the national poverty. A measurement framework of 13 indicators, including Canada’s Official Poverty Line, will track the progress of the strategy.
The Strategy is organized around the following six priority areas (Chapters 4-9): 1) investing in Manitoba’s future prosperity through supports to children and youth ; 2) working together to improve health outcomes and standard of living; 3) promoting economic inclusion through employment, education and training; 4) facilitating partnerships and supporting community-based organizations; 5) strengthening client-centred service delivery; 6) making positive change through social innovation.
In particular the Strategy proposes the following initiatives: Expanding Food Security through collaboration with charitable organizations with initiatives that supports schools to promote healthy eating, provide access to affordable healthy food and foster positive school food environments, such as schools to implement healthy eating policies and guidelines, provide expertise in menu planning, among others; Increasing family incomes and Access to affordable and flexible Child Care; Expanding Employment Supports and Promote education and Training; key initiatives also involve innovative social financing strategies and partnerships with community organizations, the business sector and social enterprises.