Skills program to help youth, people with disabilities

Skills program to help youth, people with disabilities

MP Wladyslaw Lizon joins staff and representatives of Family Services of Peel following announcement of $750,000 fund for projects to help young people and people with disabilities (July 28, 2015)

The Harper Government is helping equip youth, and Canadians with disabilities Mississauga and the surrounding area with the skills and experience they need to find jobs. The announcement was made today by Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East–Cooksville,on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development.

Through the Government’s Youth Employment Strategy and Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities, Family Services of Peel will deliver two projects to help 90 people, through a total investment of more than $750,000. These projects will help young people and people with disabilities successfully transition to the job market or return to school.

Project participants will learn or improve job skills, such as time management, as well as job search techniques. They will also gain work experience with local employers in areas such as manufacturing, retail and customer service. Job coaching will be available for participants as needed.

Today’s announcement is one example of what the Government is doing to help Canadians. To help hard-working families, the Government is also enhancing the Universal Child Care Benefit, introducing the Family Tax Cut and making improvements to the Child Care Expenses Deduction and the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit.

Quick Facts

Since 2006, the Harper Government’s Youth Employment Strategy has helped over 611,000 young Canadians, and the Opportunities Fund has helped 40,000 people with disabilities across Canada.
To provide more demand-driven training solutions for people with disabilities, the Government’s Economic Action Plan is increasing funding to $40 million annually to the Opportunities Fund. Employers and community organizations will be involved in designing and delivering training projects.

The Government of Canada is helping Canadian youth get the skills employers are looking for with the Canada Job Grant, apprenticeship grants and the new Canada Apprentice Loan. The Government also offers tax credits, such as the tuition, education and textbook tax credits, the tradesperson’s tools deduction and the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit.

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