Get your current employee or new-hire trained in the skills they need to succeed as a Personal Support Worker.
If you’re an employer with a particular skills demand, such as Personal Support Workers, the Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) might be right for you.
The COJG offers a range of skills training services to employers, and individuals. The objective of the COJG is to support workforce development and encourage greater employer involvement in training through cost-sharing arrangements to train employees.
The COJG provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees.
Up to $10,000 is available per employee for each training or licensing requirement.
Through employer-led skills training, the Grant also provides individuals with the skills necessary for unemployed individuals to obtain employment, and for employed individuals to maintain employment and advance in their careers.
Employers with fewer than 100 employees who are training and hiring unemployed individuals
Employers with fewer than 100 employees who are training and hiring unemployed individuals are eligible for up to $15,000 per trainee and are not required to make a minimum contribution to training costs for training funded through the Grant.Â
Example One:Â
Acme Inc. has a total staff complement of 36 and applies for a Grant for to train an unemployed individual who will be hired as a result of the training with eligible training costs equalling $15,000. Acme Inc. will be eligible for the total maximum $15,000 Grant for training and hiring this unemployed individual.
Unemployed IndividualÂ
For the purposes of COJG, the term unemployed refers to an individual who was previously unemployed and who has a conditional offer of employment that is contingent upon the completion of skills training being funded through the Grant. There is no restriction on the duration of time the individual was out of employment; however, validation of unemployed status is required.
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If this sounds like the right way for you to invest in your workforce, then apply now! META will help you with the application process, simply reach out to COJG@metaservices.ca with any questions you may have.