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Updated 15/JUL/02

PROGRAM NAME: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM SPONSOR: HRDC (Gov't of Canada)

    Program Objectives
    Eligible Students
    Subsidy Amounts
    Eligible Ages
    Other Information
    Application Deadline
    Application Contact

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Please Note: This program is designed for potential employees and not for businesses. You may be approached by a potential employee regarding employment possibilites related to their training.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

To assist people to redevelop their skills and find steady employment
Upgrading or training through a registered or/and post-secondary institutions to provide new skills to facilitate fuller employment
Program is designed for the individual, noth business
Training should have a high likelihood of leading to employment

ELIGIBLITY

Participants must be currently on EI or have been on EI in the past 3 years (regular claim) or 5 years (parental or maternity claim)
Support is based on demonstrated need, not entitlement

SUBSIDY AMOUNTS

Eligible Costs must be either directly related to or incurred as a direct result of undertaking training, e.g., tuition fees, books, equipment
Clients will be expected to "buy-in" by making a contribution to the training costs
"Buy-in" may be "in-kind"

ELIGIBLE AGES

OTHER INFORMATION

No other info at this time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Funding supports must be approved before training begins. Allow several weeks for the planning, budgeting and approval process

APPLICATION CONTACT

    Gail Joy
    Outreach Employment Services
    205 - 6th Avenue, Nakusp
    (250) 265-3318