No SAJE Rent Supplements Paid Since February 2024: Opposition Slams NDP for Failing Youth in Care While $300K Was Spent on Swag Claire Rattée, MLA for Skeena and Official Opposition Critic for Mental Health and Addictions, revealed during a recent Finance Committee meeting that no rent supplements have been paid under the SAJE program since February 2024, despite the program being legislated two months later. The discovery came during public testimony from a woman who described how vulnerable youth, including Indigenous youth, are being denied housing support while ministry staff admit they don’t know when payments will resume. SAJE (Strengthening Abilities and Journeys of Empowerment) was meant to provide up to $600/month for two years, with half the funding reserved for Indigenous youth aging out of care. Instead, no payments have been made since February 2024, the September intake was skipped, and frontline staff have received no direction. Meanwhile, the government spent ...
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