A home-heating grant and a £20-a-week child payment scheme are among the Alliance Party manifesto policies aimed at addressing cost-of-living pressures.
Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said the "pantomime" over who will be first or deputy first minister must end as she launched the policy document in East Belfast.
Stretching to 94 pages, the manifesto is the largest so far of the Stormont Assembly election campaign.
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Here is a look at some of the key messages and policies from the party's manifesto:
Shared future
The Alliance Party gives top billing in its manifesto to proposals on how to foster a "shared future" in Northern Ireland.
It said too often Stormont parties have "paid lip service" to the idea, rather than progressing a "truly integrated society" based on "shared values of equality, respect for diversity and interdependence".
The party wants to create a comprehensive shared future strategy and introduce a Single Equality Act for Northern Ireland which would include age discrimination protections in goods, facilities and services.
Alliance also supports a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland reflecting international human rights standards that could be used to vet policy decisions across government.
Cost of living
Alliance proposed introducing a home heating support grant voucher scheme targeted at low-income households.
It also wants to roll out a £20-per-week child payment to protect children vulnerable to poverty.
And bringing home heating oil within the remit of the Utility Regulator in line with gas and electric would "ensure price transparency for consumers", the party said.
The Alliance Party also wants to eliminate the "cost of division", saying this ranges from £400million and £830million annually.
It said: "Now, more than ever, it is essential that we reduce the wastage associated with funding a divided society to ensure that all public funds are used responsibly, effectively and for the benefit of all citizens."
Health
Alliance said the health service is in "crisis" and "political leadership is needed to implement reforms".
The party said they "fully support" the 2016 Bengoa report to transform our healthcare and would implement its recommendations.
In the manifesto, Alliance expressed frustration at the slow pace of change and said electing more of its MLAs would "push for these reforms to be implemented faster, driving waiting lists down".
The party proposed that every Stormont programme for government has the promotion of good health and well-being as a "top priority for all departments".
They also want to focus on early intervention and prevention, such as "introducing cost-effective screening".
Education
The Alliance Party believes children should be educated together through a single, integrated education system.
In the absence of a single system, the party said every child should have the option of attending an integrated school.
Alliance said it would "continue to promote and improve integrated education provision", building on its Integrated Education Bill introduced earlier this year.
The party also wants to establish a "universal, affordable childcare scheme" with movement towards "full-time provision for all pre-school children and a standardisation of the school day for these children".
Other points
In the justice department, Alliance wants to strengthen legislation on hate crime through a new Hate Crime Bill and increase the age of criminal responsibility, which is currently 10 and over.
The party proposed a bill to regulate the flying of flags and other items on lampposts to ensure that "shared spaces are used for celebration, not demarcation of territory".
In transport, Alliance pitched creating an independent Sustainable Travel Commissioner to "increase uptake and address barriers".
The party also wants to make reforms to how Stormont works, replacing the system of MLAs designating as unionist, nationalist or other with weighted majority voting.
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