Value
Maximum $25,000.Description
Skills Link is a program that provides funding for employers and organizations to offer eligible activities to youth facing barriers to employment. The program is part of the Youth Employment Strategy, a horizontal initiative involving eleven federal departments and agencies.
Eligible Applicants
Eligibility:
- Not-for-profit organizations; For-profit organizations; Municipal governments
- Aboriginal organizations (including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities);
- Provincial and territorial governments, institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations
Eligible participants:
Participants are recruited by the funding recipients. To participate in Skills Link projects, youth must be:
- Between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection
- A Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee status has been conferred
- Legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations
- Not in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits
- In need of assistance to overcome employment barriers. Examples of employment barriers include, but are not limited to:
- High school non-completion
- Person with a disability
- Aboriginal origin
- Visible or ethnic minority
- Residing in a rural or remote location
- Single parent
- Recent immigrant youth
- Official language minority community language barriers
Eligible Expenses
in approved activities. Costs may include:
- income support to individuals (wages, allowances) based on the prevailing provincial/territorial minimum wage rate; mandatory employment related costs;
- additional support to cover all or part of the incremental costs for individuals to participate, such as dependent care, travel or transportation (including these costs related to relocation);
- completion bonuses; other support to cover the cost of items associated with the youth’s participation (to a maximum of $500);
Deadline Date
Closed.Contact
Contact Name: Skills Link
Phone Number: 1-800-935-5555
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/skills-link.html