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Child Care Fee Subsidy - Assists eligible families with cost of child care expenses
Child Care Fee Subsidy Program - Provides assistance with the costs of licensed child care
Discretionary Benefits - Financial assistance for special items of extreme need may be provided to eligible recipients
Family Support Program - Assists Ontario Works recipients to obtain child and spousal support payments through support orders and agreements
Life Stabilization - Social assistance program that provides employment assistance and financial support for basic needs * online application available
Services and Programs:
- Ontario Renovates Program for Homeowners and Tenants
- Street Level Women at Risk
- manual and power wheelchairs, scooters, walkers
- home and bathroom aids, floor patient lifts
- basic aids for daily living
- may also have contact information or resources to assist in locating additional funding sources
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Second Career Program - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Employment Service - Comprehensive employment and job search services * assessment of skills, interests and experience * job search strategies, including resume preparation * information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities * on-the-job training, work experience * help in maintaining employment * information and referral to other employment and community services
Second Career Program - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Youth Job Connection - Paid pre-employment services * job matching * paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers * mentorship * education and work transitions supports
Youth Job Connection Summer - Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
Youth Employment Skills Strategy (YESS) - Service Canada funded program * provides young people with short-term training in an area of their choosing, with the opportunity to participate in a relevant work placement
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- assessment of skills, interests and experience
- job search strategies, including resume preparation
- information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- on-the-job training, work experience
- help in maintaining employment
- information and referral to other employment and community services
- assists in applying for social benefits
Better Jobs Ontario Program - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- exploration of career goals/job targets
- information about different careers and occupations, the local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- assistance with skills and educational planning and funding
- information about job opportunities, training and career planning
- job search assistance, such as resumes, cover letters, interview preparation
- direct access to employment opportunities through partnerships with employers
- on-the-job training and/or work experience and support to help maintain employment
Employer Services - Assist employers with recruitment and retention needs * work experience hosting positions * advice regarding workplace accommodations and recruiting and retaining employees * assessment and return to work programs for workers with disabilities and injuries * training services for employees: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Expert Customer Service and Cash Training
Supports to Entrepreneurs - Opportunities for those interested in self-employment to access supports that may include direct supports, referrals and micro-finance (depending on eligibility)
Career and Employment Resource Centre - Provides job search resources for the general public:
ClothingWorks - Provides professional clothing for people with limited resources going through the interview process while seeking employment
Disability Services - Customized services to guide and support individuals with disabilities through the process of preparing for, finding, and keeping a job
Ontario Employment Services - Comprehensive employment and job search services * assessment of skills, interests and experience * job search strategies, including resume preparation * information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities * on-the-job training, work experience * help in maintaining employment * information and referral to other employment and community services
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for Employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Youth Job Connection - Paid pre-employment services * job matching * paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers * mentorship * education and work transitions supports
Youth Job Connection Summer - Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Financial assistance available to eligible people and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless * assistance with hydro and rent arrears
Program sponsored by the Government of Ontario and administered by the County of Middlesex to address local priorities * people on Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), as well as low-income residents of Middlesex County may be eligible
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Second Career Program - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention * potential training and employment incentives
Canada-Ontario Job Grant -- financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Financial Assistance: 1-866-630-3336
519-432-9669 ext 221
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Direct Financial Assistance - For prescribed equipment (can serve to top up Assistive Devices Program (ADP) support and other funders) such as wheelchairs, braces and communication devices (prior approval required)
Incontinence Supplies Grant Program - For children and youth 3-18 years of age with chronic disabilities (physical or developmental) that result in irreversible incontinence or retention problems lasting longer than six months requiring the use of incontinence supplies * the program is fully funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Camping - Summer camp programs for children and families at two accessible camps across Ontario * Camp Merrywood (Perth) and Camp Woodeden (London)
Monthly allowance based on family size, housing costs and income * monthly drug benefit card
Other services include:
- Community Start-Up Benefit - Help with housing or moving costs * covers costs related to starting a job or work placement
- Employment Start-Up Benefit - Covers costs related to starting a job or work placement
- Families with Children - Newborn child allowance, back to school allowance for dependent children, child care start-up costs, basic dental care for children
- Employment Assistance - Clients 18-65 years must participate in employment assistance activities unless they are living with a serious disability or illness or caring for preschool children
- Community Participation - Volunteer placements
- Job Search Programs - Based on skills, experience and circumstances
- Employment Placement - Job matching service
- Basic Education - Basic adult upgrading, high school upgrading, literacy and basic skills
- Job Skills Training - Development of skills for specific jobs, on-the-job training
- Supports to Self-Employment - Referrals to self-employment programs
- Discretionary Benefits - May include dentures, emergency dental services, eyeglasses, special diet allowance, health care supplies, medical transportation funds, prosthetic devices, funerals and burials
Programs may vary by city or municipality and may be available to non-Ontario Works recipients upon income assessment
Better Jobs Ontario Program (previously Second Careers Program) - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Youth Job Connection - Paid pre-employment services * job matching * paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers * mentorship * education and work transitions supports
Youth Job Connection Summer - Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
519-637-9876
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- assessment of skills, interests and experience
- job search strategies, including resume preparation
- information about careers and occupations, local labor market, employment and training opportunities
- on-the-job training, work experience
- help in maintaining employment
- information and referral to other employment and community services
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements
* matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
* support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Financial assistance when facing a child's chronic or terminal illness
- funds for treatment, assistive devices, and specialized equipment not funded by OHIP or by family's private insurance
- funds for travel to and from hospitals or medical facilities
- accommodation expenses when receiving treatment more than 200 km away from their primary residence
- subsidies for daily living expenses when primary caregivers are unable to work because they are caring for their child
- No financial assistance is given directly to a family that has qualified. Each family is unique in their delicate situation and assessed on their needs. Each family that qualifies for financial assistance from Taraboom works closely with their Taraboom contact to allocate the approved funds to best suit each family's individual situation.
- Assistance per family is once in a life-time only and the amount is on a per family need as determined.
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Youth Job Connection - Paid pre-employment services * job matching * paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers * mentorship * education and work transitions supports
Youth Job Connection Summer - Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
Visiting offices located in Dorchester, Glencoe, Lucan, and Parkhill
Comprehensive employment and job search services:
- assessment of skills, interests and experience
- job search strategies, including resume preparation
- information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- on-the-job training, work experience
- help in maintaining employment
- information and referral to other employment and community services
- provide interview suits and other professional clothing
- matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Visit Website
Better Jobs Ontario - Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
Services for employers - Help in identifying human resource skills requirements * matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience * support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
Canada-Ontario Job Grant - Financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees * available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Youth Job Connection - Paid pre-employment services * job matching * paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers * mentorship * education and work transitions supports
Youth Job Connection Summer - Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
Services and Programs:
- Literacy and Basic Skills
- food security (e.g. grocery gift card, baby food, etc.);
- transportation (e.g. gas gift card, taxi voucher, bus ticket, medical transportation, etc.);
- basic needs (e.g. clothing, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene supplies, footwear, etc.) including delivery of items;
- employment readiness (e.g. professional clothing, professional development opportunities, workshops, training certificate, etc.);
- social integration (e.g. access to a cellphone or phone cards, computer rentals, etc.);
- health and wellness (e.g. medication, emergency dental, eyeglasses, etc.);
- housing start-up costs (e.g. furniture, kitchen supplies, bedding, mattress, etc.);
- child care;
- family supports (e.g. parenting courses, educational resources and supplies for children/youth);
- personal Identification (e.g. birth certificate, health card, SIN, driver's license);
- student assistance for elementary and high school students (books, supplies, registration / application fees); and/or,
- mental health supports;
- income tax filing costs;
- utilities