FW: Young Adults programming opportunity - Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) CFP
Sharlot Beatty
Thought some of you might be interested in this funding opportunity
Sharlot Beatty
Program Coordinator, Construct Your Future
Vancouver Island Construction Association
1075 Alston Street, Victoria, B.C., V9A 3S6 | T: 250.800.1162
F: 250.388.5183 W: www.vicabc.ca
From: Udagawa, Olivia C AEST:EX <Olivia....@gov.bc.ca>
Sent: June 17, 2019 10:08 AM
To: Udagawa, Olivia C AEST:EX <Olivia....@gov.bc.ca>
Subject: Young Adults programming opportunity - Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) CFP
Hello,
Thank you again for your submission in October 2018 to our CFR #9835 - Skills Training for Employment (STE) Program for Young Adults.
As you have expressed interest in delivering employment training programs to Young Adults in British Columbia, it is my pleasure to share with you the announcement from our colleagues in the Labour Market and Social Programs Delivery Branch at Service Canada, of the launch of their Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) CFP.
The Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) is a new, integrated strategy, which aims to provide flexible and holistic services to support all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition in the labour market. The YESS has been redesigned to respond to a range of labour market challenges faced by youth, particularly for those facing barriers to employment. The Skills Link, Career Focus, and Summer Work Experience (excluding Canada Summer Jobs) programs that were previously under the Youth Employment Strategy umbrella have been merged into one integrated strategy.
The YESS program also encourages collaborations and innovation to increase capacity across the youth service provider network (e.g. employers, service delivery organizations and educational institutions), to better support youth, and to help employers hire and retain youth, in particular those who face barriers.
Proposals could include the following:
* Activities designed to enable stakeholders to develop and plan eligible projects
* Activities that support the development and use of tools and products for learning, skills development, career planning and career development
* Service activities, which include but are not limited to outreach, client assessment, case management, career development information, and job search and job retention assistance
* Activities designed to enable youth to acquire and enhance skills, which include but are not limited to pre-employability skills, employability skills and advanced employability skills
* Activities designed to provide work experiences
* Activities designed to provide mentoring and coaching
* Activities designed to support youth entrepreneurs gain self-employment
* Activities that support youth in making informed career decisions, promote the value of education, and promote youth as the labour force of the future
* Activities designed to support research and innovative projects to identify better ways of helping youth prepare for, return to, and keep employment and to be productive participants in the labour force
* Activities related to measuring and articulating the impact of the program, including experimentation
* Activities to support employers in hiring or retaining youth facing barriers
* Activities designed to build better linkages between organizations (e.g., by linking employers, service providers, unions, industry associations, educational institutions, and other levels of government) for the benefit of youth
* Culturally-appropriate Indigenous supports such as access and networks to Indigenous social services (e.g. healing centers, counselling, healthcare, shelters, resource centers, restorative justice)
* Activities associated with meeting the reporting requirements of the YESS program
* Other activities that support the objectives of the YESS program
This CFP is open from June 3, 2019 - July 26, 2019. Links to more program and application information below:
Program
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/youth-employment-strategy.html
https://www.canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social/programmes/strategie-emploi-jeunesse.html
CFP
Applicant Guide
Olivia Udagawa | Program Manager
Employment and Training Programs | Workforce Innovation and Division Responsible for Skills Training
Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training | Province of British Columbia
(T) 250-508-4057
With respect and acknowledgement of the traditional territories of the Lekwungen People, specifically the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations.
