Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, we have career development officers that work for the department of education and their role is to connect, through our client navigators, income assistance clients with job opportunities for people who are able and are willing to take that route. So these career development officers have access to a suite of different workforce development programs that can be paired with an employer. So there is funding, and substantial funding out there, for example for training, for helping to pay a wage for somebody as they learn how to do a job, to really ease some of that stress off an employer who really is wanting to support somebody to improve their skills. Thank you.
Caitlin Cleveland on Question 615-20(1): Updating the Income Assistance Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 615-20(1): Updating the Income Assistance Program
Oral Questions
March 6th, 2025
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