St. Christopher House's Community Undertaking Social Policy (CUSP) program brings policy experts into our organization for several months in order to have a dialogue with community members most affected by social policy (ie. low-income and otherwise disadvantaged people) and with frontline agency staff and volunteers. In this way, St. Chris is trying to bridge the gap between the worlds of policy-makers and the lived experiences of diverse community members.

To date, Richard Shillington and our most recent CUSP policy expert, John Stapleton, have produced a number of reports that are available to the public. Both policy experts have focussed on income security policies and programs. See also our current work on Income Security Strategies for Working-Age Adults.