ADAP town halls: Raise your voice
Raise your voice about the new ADAP program. Join a town hall
The Alberta Government recently released their plan to make changes to the AISH program and create a new program called the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP). This plan proposes that all current AISH recipients be moved to the new ADAP effective July 1, 2026, with a benefit that will be $200 per month lower. This change will result in many Albertans currently on AISH being in a more desperate situation than they already are, even further below Canada’s poverty line.
Learn what we know so far about the changes to AISH and the new ADAP program on our website here.
It is vitally important that the voices of individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families and allies are heard by government on this issue, and this is an opportunity for you to do so. We encourage all individuals with intellectual disabilities who will be affected by these changes and their families and allies to join one or more of these events and raise your concerns.
Raise your voice at a Government of Alberta telephone town hall event: September 4 and 5
Raise your voice at The Premier’s Council’s town hall event: September 8 at 5pm
The Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities is holding a virtual town hall event on Monday, September 8 at 5pm where you can share your thoughts on the new ADAP program.
According to the Premier’s Council: “The Premier’s Council will be providing advice regarding the ADAP and wants to ensure that this advice accurately reflects what people with disabilities, service providers, and employers want to say.”
- Zoom link to join the town hall meeting on Monday, September 8 at 5pm: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81449705788
- Download the PDF of the Premier’s Council town hall invite here
- Download the PDF of the town hall agenda here
- Learn what we know so far about the changes to AISH and the new ADAP program on our website here.
- Take the Alberta Government’s online ADAP survey here (deadline is September 12)
Thank you in advance for your advocacy.
-Inclusion Alberta