Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships

Overview of the Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships program:

Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships provides grant funding to Indigenous communities and organizations to deliver group-training projects designed in partnership with employers and other partners. These partnerships will assist unemployed or under-employed Indigenous individuals to gain the necessary skills training and work experience to obtain and maintain long-term employment. The Government of Alberta is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to provide employment support programs and services.

Benefits of the Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships program:

• Indigenous partners will:
  • Lead the project proposal process (this may be in collaboration with other partners)
  • Identify the training opportunity
  • Initiate communication with other partners
  • Identify training and skills needed by the targeted participant group for employment success
  • Provide financial and/or in-kind contributions
  • Establish a steering committee
  • Ensure participant supports are in place that are not funded through the Indigenous Employment Training Partnership
• Program (e.g. living allowances, childcare, work clothes, and wrap-around services such as career counseling, employment
• Retention assistance following project completion, mental health services and cultural support)

Eligibility criteria of the Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships program:

• Eligible applicants for the Indigenous Employment Training Partnerships Program include a variety of Indigenous organizations, such as:
• First Nations (both on and off reserve), Tribal Councils, and regional organizations
• Metis communities (both on and off Settlements) and Metis representative groups
• Other Indigenous organizations and employers involved in supporting Indigenous employment
• Eligible Training Participants
• Training participants eligible for this program must be Indigenous individuals who meet the following criteria:
• Unemployed or under-employed
• In need of and able to benefit from skills training to secure and maintain employment
• Other criteria as determined by the program partners