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Youth Awareness - Synopsis
When to Apply
Sponsors interested in developing Youth Awareness projects, or submitting proposals for funding should contact their local Service Canada Centre.
Youth Awareness is an initiative funded under Employment Insurance (EI) Part II that complements the Youth Employment Strategy.
Youth Awareness provides financial assistance for projects designed to address labour market issues facing communities and can be used to develop and implement human resource strategies to meet employers’ current and future human resource needs.
National priorities for Youth Awareness have been set to promote a pan-Canadian approach to the delivery of Youth Awareness projects.
The following priorities were developed:
- Skills Gaps – to expand youth’s awareness of the shortages in labour in certain skilled trades sectors of employment.
- Labour Force Integration of Rural Youth - to improve opportunities for youth living in smaller, rural communities where jobs and employment services are more difficult to find.
Youth Awareness projects are delivered at the national, regional, and local levels. Project activities must clearly demonstrate they will improve the capacity of employers to deal with human resource requirements.
Who Can Apply
Youth Awareness projects do not have direct participants; however, youth are normally the target audience of the project.
Contribution recipients can be businesses, organizations (such as not-for-profit, professional, or labour organizations, or employers), institutions (public health or educational), band/tribal councils, Aboriginal organizations, or municipal governments.
How to Apply and More Information
For more information, see Youth Awareness.
Other Funding Programs
For information on grant and contribution programs offered by HRSDC, Service Canada, and Labour, see Funding Programs.