Deadline: 31-Mar-2025
The Canada Retraining and Opportunities Initiative supports workforce planning and skills training in communities significantly impacted by a mass layoff.
It provides funding for community-based projects that help workers develop the skills they need to transition to new jobs.
Objectives
- The objectives are to:
- bring together community-based organizations (e.g., employers, training providers and others) to develop a community workforce plan. The workforce plan will identify impacted workers, local employers looking to hire, and the skills required to meet demand;
- help workers develop the skills needed to transition to new jobs through training and work experiences; and
- support employers to fill jobs in demand.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be an eligible applicant, your organization must belong to one of the following categories:
- not-for-profit organizations;
- for-profit organizations if the nature and intent of the activity is:
- non-commercial
- not intended to generate profit, and
- supports program priorities and objectives;
- municipal governments;
- Indigenous organizations or governments (Indigenous organizations may include, but are not limited to, incorporated for profit and not-for-profit Indigenous controlled organizations, Indigenous controlled unincorporated associations, Band Councils, Tribal Councils, and Indigenous self-government entities);
- educational institutions (universities, colleges, CÉGEPs, school boards/school districts).
For more information, visit Government of Canada.