Forwardng from Maytree:
 
 A follow up to the event announcement. The report and webinar recording
are available here:

http://maytree.com/spotlight/more-than-money.html

Quotes in this paper draw on in-depth interviews with low-income parents
of diverse ethnic backgrounds, including those hired to conduct
outreach, as well as a settlement worker and a school principal involved
in the outreach. In Toronto, the Working Women Community Centre is
running agency outreach sessions around the city, to introduce service
providers to RESPs. SmartSaver and YMCA staff can also provide onsite
training for service professionals to engage your clients in RESP
education.

If you want to hold an RESP information session at your agency, or
access more information for the families you serve email SmartSaver at
[log in to unmask] or call them at 416-966-2286.

The Q&A in the webinar recording includes many questions that are
focused on newcomer/immigrant audiences/clients.  The SmartSaver website
has information in multiple languages: http://www.smartsaver.org/. 

Recommendations of note for the audience on this list:

Service providers, including hospitals, daycares, schools, benefits
administrators, and settlement workers, should inform themselves about
basic RESP facts, including where to find unbiased product information,
in order to better act as an information resource for families.

Service providers should inform themselves about the Canada Learning
Bond and encourage lowincome families to secure it for their eligible
children.

Service providers should encourage their clients to get a social
insurance number for their children and open an RESP in order to, at a
minimum, receive the Canada Learning Bond which can total $2,000 without
parental contributions.

The federal government should examine models of automatic enrollment to
determine feasibility with respect to the Canada Learning Bond.

Provincial and municipal government agencies that administer income
support or other financial benefit programs for low-income families,
such as childcare subsidies and housing support, should identify
opportunities to encourage eligible families to secure the Canada
Learning Bond.

Regards,

Marco

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Marco Campana
Communications
Maytree
Tel: 416-944-2627, ext. 252
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