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The Proliferation of Charitable Meal Programs in Toronto

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  • Valerie Tarasuk
  • Naomi Dachner

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In the absence of effective federal or provincial policies to address homelessness, community groups have initiated numerous programs to help people meet subsistence needs. In 2004, we undertook a study of food-provisioning efforts in Toronto, documenting 490 programs serving as many as 128,000 meals and snacks per week to homeless and housed individuals. Many programs struggled to manage demand. Program operators maintained that they were feeding people who otherwise would not eat, yet the assistance provided was limited, intermittent, and uncoordinated. The needs that underlie demands for food assistance reflect serious flaws in our current system of income assistance.

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  • Valerie Tarasuk & Naomi Dachner, 2009. "The Proliferation of Charitable Meal Programs in Toronto," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 35(4), pages 433-450, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:35:y:2009:i:4:p:433-450
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.35.4.433
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    2. Killian J. McCarthy & Maya Fiolet & Wilfred Dolfsma (ed.), 2011. "The Nature of the New Firm," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14105.
    3. Charles B. Weinberg & Hsin-Hsuan Meg Lee, 2011. "Social and Nonprofit Marketing: Issues and Opportunities in Marketing Beyond Business," Chapters, in: Killian J. McCarthy & Maya Fiolet & Wilfred Dolfsma (ed.), The Nature of the New Firm, chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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