SMA Listening Campaign Open Survey 2021

Thank you for filling in the SMA Listening Campaign 2021 Open Survey. We hope to find out more about our membership and lone-mother led families in BC. Your answers will remain anonymous in the survey data. We are grateful for your willingness to impact the development of innovative initiatives, supports and campaigns at the Single Mothers' Alliance that best serve single moms in BC at this time. Thank you!

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* 1. What is impacting you and your family the most right now?

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* 2. What are some of the specific impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on you and your family?

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* 3. What would make the most difference in your life right now?

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* 4. What kinds of new supports/programs/initiatives would you suggest (that SMA could provide) that would help you the most at this time during the pandemic? Please consider both yourself and your children, and what would help you as a whole family.

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* 5. How has the pandemic impacted you and your family economically? Did you lose a job that you cannot get back due to the pandemic, leave a job due to the pandemic, or otherwise experience an interruption to your family income? Thank you for sharing.

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* 6. What is your career/job/or area of professional interest?

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* 7. What kinds of issues and policy changes might you suggest the Single Mothers' Alliance focus on right now through strategic campaigns and provincial advocacy/government lobbying?

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* 8. Is there anything else you would like to share with SMA at this time?

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* 9. Thank you for providing your basic contact information. We wish to be able to get in touch with survey participants for follow-up. Your survey answers however are confidential and will remain anonymous in the survey data.

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* 10. Please select the boxes that apply to you.

I identify as Indigenous.

I identify as Indigenous and I live off reserve.

I identify as Indigenous and I live on reserve.

I identify as someone who lives with a disability.

I identify as LGBTQ2SIA+

I identify as visible minority/racialized.

I am a newcomer to Canada/BC (arrived within the last 10 years).

I access provincial Income Assistance as my main form of income.

I access provincial Persons with Disability Assistance (PWD) as my main form of income.

I have children under 6 and over 6.

I have children only under 6.

I have children only over 6.

My children are grown up and have moved out.

I work part-time.

I work full-time.

I work here and there when and where I can.

I work shifts.

I work for minimum wage.

I lost my job or had a reduction in work due to the pandemic and I can't get it back.

I am currently seeking a job.

I feel I need to access training and education but I can't.

I have a child with special needs.

I cannot access the child care I need to work.

I have full 100% residential custody of my child/ren.

I have 50/50 residential custody of my child/ren or another schedule.

I am a senior.

I am a youth.

I am a former or current youth in care.

I am homeless or couch surfing right now.

I am living in a shelter right now.

I identify as a woman who has escaped domestic violence.

I live in affordable housing such as BC Housing, a cooperative, or other social housing.

I am in need of quality, affordable housing such as BC Housing, a cooperative, or other social housing.

I live in market rental.

I own my home.

I live in a rural area of BC.

I live in an urban area/city in BC.

I have quality at-home Internet access for me and my family.

I cannot access the quality at-home Internet access my family needs.

I cannot access the dental care my children and I need.

I cannot access the medication and other medical equipment or services my children and I need.