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Well Being and Prosperity in Haringey - formerly known as Anti Poverty Strategy

 

 

Meeting: 21/11/2006 - Cabinet (Item 112)

112 Maximising Household Income in Haringey pdf icon PDF 47 KB

(Report of the Director of Social Services – To be introduced by the Executive Member for Health and Social Services): To seek agreement to an income maximisation strategy and action plan to tackle poverty and social exclusion  in Haringey.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

  1. That approval be granted to the development of a focused ‘income maximisation’ strategy and action plan to be taken forward as a project to be planned by January 2007, concentrating on improved co-ordination of activity in the areas of welfare rights services and advice provision.

 

  1. That it be noted that the development proposed in 1. above was dependent on ongoing resources being found through the Council’s business planning process.

 

  1. That, in addition, approval be granted in principle to the future development of a strategic framework for all activity in Haringey which tackled poverty and social exclusion to follow after the agreement of the new Community Strategy.