Transcript 13 Melodie Tilander - Economic Development Corporation of Wawa

Citizen Services and Program Delivery Branch
Network Based Delivery
Ontario Region
Stakeholder Session
November 2012
Agenda
 Youth Employment Strategy
– Skills Link
– Career Focus
– Canada Summer Jobs
 Opportunities Fund
 Modernization of Grants and Contributions
 Digital Economy Strategy (Skills Link and Career Focus)
 Calls for Proposals
 Other Programs
 Our Offices
 Questions
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Youth Employment Strategy
The Youth Employment Strategy is the Government of Canada's
commitment to help young people, particularly those facing barriers to
employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience
and abilities they need to make a successful transition into the labour
market.
The Youth Employment Strategy is comprised of three program streams:
Skills Link, Career Focus, and Summer Work Experience.
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Youth Employment Strategy
The Youth Employment Strategy is a horizontal initiative involving
eleven federal departments and agencies.
Service Canada offers programming under each program stream:
 Skills Link funding for employers and organizations to help youth
facing barriers to employment obtain the knowledge and develop the
broad range of skills and work experience they need to participate in
the labour market.
 Career Focus funding for employers and organizations to create
career-related work experiences for post-secondary graduates.
 Canada Summer Jobs an initiative under Summer Work Experience
provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities
for students.
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Skills Link
Skills Link is a client-centered program that provides funding for
employers and organizations to offer eligible activities to youth facing
barriers to employment.
Skills Link was developed to assist youth in various circumstances,
including those who:
 are single parents;
 are of Aboriginal descent;
 have disabilities;
 are recent immigrants;
 live in rural and remote areas; or
 have dropped out of high school.
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Skills Link
Individual Skills Enhancement
 This intervention enables youth to participate in short term courses
that fill specific, identified gaps in their education and skill
development.
 The need for this intervention must be identified through client
assessment and documented on the participant's employment action
plan. It is to be used when there is no other means of support
available to meet the individual's identified skill needs.
 Courses supported under Individual Skills Enhancement are preemployment in nature or entry-level courses which are pre-requisites
for longer term programs of study.
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Career Focus
Career Focus provides funding for employers and organizations to
create career-related work experiences for post-secondary graduates.
A career-related work experience is an activity through which Career
Focus participants can gain employment experience and skills related to
their field of studies or career goals.
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Canada Summer Jobs
Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative designed
to help students who are having difficulty finding summer jobs because
of where they live or other barriers.
This initiative provides funding subsidies to Canadian employers so that
they may create career-related summer jobs for students between the
ages of 15 to 30. It is designed to focus on local priorities, while helping
both students and their communities.
Eligible employers include:
– not-for-profit organizations;
– public sector employers; and
– private sector employers with less than 50 employees.
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Opportunities Fund
The Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities is a funding
program for organizations to assist people with disabilities integrate into
the labour market.
The objective of the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities is to
provide organizations with funding to support people with disabilities in
preparing for, obtaining and keeping employment or becoming selfemployed, thereby increasing their economic participation and
independence.
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Modernization of Grants and Contributions
 Direct Deposit
 The Government of Canada is committed to the modernization of
Service Canada’s Grants and Contributions programs.
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Digital Economy Strategy
 The Government of Canada recognizes that the ability of youth to
effectively use new digital technologies will be crucial to their
successful and stable transition to the labour market.
 The role of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in the
Digital Economy Strategy is to support the development of digital skills
across the economy to increase productivity.
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Digital Economy Strategy
 For greater details on the Digital Economy Strategy and its impact on
the Skills Link program, please visit:
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/newprog/sl_des.shtml
 For greater details on the Digital Economy Strategy and its impact on
the Career Focus program, please visit:
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/newprog/cf_des.shtml
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Call for Proposals
 Service Canada is committed to a fair, transparent, responsive and
accountable process for awarding project funding.
 A key element is the process for calls for proposals for all contribution
projects valued at or above $500,000 per annum. As part of this
process, calls for proposals will be posted on the Service Canada web
site to facilitate access.
 For more information on Calls for Proposals for Employment
Programs, please visit:
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/lmd/sc/call_for_proposal.shtml
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Other Programs
New Horizons Program for Seniors (NHSP)
 Is a federal grants and contributions program that supports projects
led or inspired by seniors who want to make a difference in the lives of
others and in their communities.
 For more information, please visit:
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/community_partnerships/seniors/index.shtml
Work-Sharing
 Is an adjustment program designed to help employers and employees
avoid layoffs when there is a temporary reduction in the normal level
of business activity that is beyond the control of the employer.
 For more information, please visit:
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/work_sharing/index.shtml
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Our Offices – Submitting Applications
Kitchener Program Delivery Unit
Skills Link for Southwestern Ontario and Opportunities Fund for all of Ontario
409 Weber Street West, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4L6
Sudbury Program Delivery Unit
Skills Link for Northern Ontario and Individual Skills Enhancement for all of Ontario
Box 1450 Station B, Sudbury, Ontario - P3E 5K4
Kingston Program Delivery Unit
Skills Link for East/Central Ontario
P.O. Box 1267, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4Y8
Mississauga Program Delivery Unit
Skills Link for the GTA, and Career Focus, Work-Sharing, and
New Horizons for all of Ontario
430 Courtneypark Drive East, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2S5
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Contact Us
 For additional information on Service Canada’s Grants and
Contributions programs in Ontario you can:
– Call 1-866-945-7342
– Click http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca
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Thank you.
Questions?
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