The Manitoba authorities is offering youth in Manitoba with the chance to expertise their first jobs in a supportive surroundings that offers them the boldness and abilities wanted for work, Financial Improvement, Funding and Commerce Minister Jeff Wharton introduced at the moment.
“Our authorities is dedicated to supporting younger Manitobans to allow them to construct their abilities and interact with the workforce by this supportive mannequin,” mentioned Wharton. “The packages funded by the First Jobs Fund assist youth develop the abilities obligatory to achieve success sooner or later.”
The First Jobs Fund helps registered non-profit or non-government organizations to implement programming for youth aged 15 to 29 going through boundaries to employment, as much as a most of $300,000 per group.
The 2 packages accessible embrace:
- a job readiness program which develops employability abilities and supplies mentorship, job teaching and life abilities to youth members.; and
- a wage subsidy program which supplies a minimal of seven hours of employment per week and at the least 150 hours of employment to youth members.
Final yr, greater than 300 Manitoba youth had the chance to construct abilities of their first job by the First Jobs Fund. These younger folks have gained invaluable experiences which have supported them of their additional schooling and profession paths, the minister famous.
The fund prioritizes tasks that assist Indigenous youth, embrace paid work expertise, and supply abilities and experiences in key financial sectors and for in-demand jobs, mentioned the minister.
Functions for the First Jobs Fund are open till July 31.
For extra data and the appliance kind, go to https://gov.mb.ca/wd/ites/youth/first_jobs_fund.html.
