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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Funding

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Advanced Skills and Education

Community Partnership Program (Employment)

HRLE collaborates with community agencies to deliver supports and initiatives to help individuals to prepare for, attain and maintain employment, and make the transition to a new job.

Employability Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Wage Subsidy PDF

The Wage Subsidy for Persons with Disabilities provides 60% of the starting salary of the approved position, to a maximum of $12,500 and a $500 one-time payment to the employer to assist with training costs for the new employee based on the provision of a training plan.

Employment Assistance Services

Businesses, organizations, municipalities, band/tribal councils, public health and educational institutions are eligible to receive funding as sponsors/coordinators through this program.. Funding is provided for eligible expenses to enable organizations to offer employment assistance services to unemployed persons legally entitled to work in Canada.

Graduate Employment Program

The Graduate Employment Program provides 60% of the starting salary of the approved position, to a maximum program contribution of $12,500. In addition, the Employer may be eligible for a $500 Training Allowance based on the provision of a suitable training plan.

Grants to Youth Organizations

This program is available to youth-serving organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador who engage youth in areas of self-reliance, leadership and citizenship development.

Job Creation Partnerships

Businesses, organizations, municipalities, band/tribal councils, public health and educational institutions are eligible to receive funding as sponsors through this program.

Proposed activities must support the objective of Job Creation Partnerships. Activities must also have defined start and finish dates and not be part of a sponsor's day-to-day operations.

Labour Market Partnerships

Labour Market Partnerships provide funding to support employers, employer or employee associations, community groups and communities in developing and implementing labour market strategies and activities for dealing with labour force adjustments and meeting human resource requirements. Labour Market Partnerships may be used to provide assistance for employed persons who are facing loss of employment.

Linkages

This program serves:

  • Community based agencies interested in helping youth achieve their employment and career goals
  • Employers (private or not-for-profit) who are able to host a job placement
  • Youth, ages 18 to 30, who:
    • completed a minimum Level II high school, but have not completed post-secondary education and have not made a successful transition to the labour force.
      Note: Youth who meet the Level II eligibility requirement, must be out of school for a minimum of 6 months prior to applying for Linkages
    • are Non-EI eligible (i.e. currently not receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits; have not received EI benefits within the last 3 yeas; or have not received EI maternity or parental benefits within the last 5 years)

Newfoundland and Labrador Benefits and Measures

The Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment (HRLE) delivers a range of employment and training programs and services under the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Development Agreement to:

  • assist individuals to prepare for, find and keep employment;
  • assist employers in accessing the workers they need;
  • help ensure that communities and regions throughout Newfoundland and Labrador are well equipped to respond to labour market opportunities and challenges.

Self-Employment Assistance

Businesses, organizations, municipalities, band/tribal councils, public health and educational institutions are eligible to receive funding as Self-Employment Assistance Coordinators.

Small Enterprise Co-op Placement Assistance Program (SECPAP) - volunteer initiative

This program provides students of co-operative programs at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) and College of the North Atlantic (CNA) with a work-term placement (generally 12 - 16 weeks) at a not-for-profit organization within rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

Student Employment Program (Level I, II, III)

The subsidy shall be 100% up to a maximum of $10.00 per hour towards the hourly wage rate for a maximum average of 40 hours per week per pay period. An additional 15% of the contract value will be provided for administrative costs. A minimum of 20 hours per week must be provided.

Student Work and Service Program (SWASP)

Employers receive $5.00 per hour towards the student’s salary for a minimum of 5 weeks to a maximum of 14 weeks.

Supportive Living Community Partnership Program

The Supportive Living Community Partnership Program, an initiative funded through the Poverty Reduction Strategy, provides operating grants to non-profit organizations to increase community capacity and provide a range of services and supports that promotes housing stability and promotes community capacity building on matters relating to housing and homelessness.

Wage Subsidies

Wage Subsidies is a client-based program intended to assist certain unemployed individuals to obtain employment by providing employers with financial assistance towards their wages. Wage Subsidies may also be used to assist unemployed individuals registered as an apprentice who are experiencing difficulties finding employment related to their apprenticeship.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture

Fish Plant Workers Employment Assistance Program

The Fish Plant Workers Employment Assistance Program for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) provides new entrepreneurs and expanding small businesses with funding to employ fish plant workers negatively affected by the closure of a fish plant.

Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program

Projects initiated by non-profit institutions, associations or community groups may be funded up to 100% of cost (depending on partnership contributions from other funding agencies) inclusive of contracted labour, material and supplies.

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Health and Community Services

Age-Friendly Newfoundland and Labrador Grants Program

The program is designed to provide funding to incorporated municipalities, Inuit community governments and reserves, and seniors’ organizations throughout the entire province to support them in planning for an aging population.

Community Addictions Prevention Mental Health Promotion Fund pdf 

The Community Addictions Prevention & Mental Health Promotion fund is intended to support one or more of the following six priority areas:

  • Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Problematic Substance Use
  • Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms
  • Developing Supportive Communities
  • Mental Health Promotion
  • Recreational Activities
  • Child, Parent and Family Development

Provincial Wellness Grants Program

The Provincial Wellness Grants program is intended to encourage and support community/not for profit organizations to take action on wellness.

Cancer Prevention and Awareness Grants Program

The Provincial Cancer Prevention and Awareness Grants Program supports community-based agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and health care professionals to address cancer prevention priorities. Projects funded complement the Provincial Cancer Control Policy Framework and are based on best practices.

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Innovation, Business and Rural Development

Business Market and Development Program

The Business and Market Development Program provides new entrepreneurs and expanding small businesses with funding to help them acquire the necessary expertise to pursue new business ideas and new markets for their products or services. The program supports new growth opportunities in the economy, such as value-added manufacturing activities and export-oriented opportunities.

Business Networks Programs

The Business Networks Program enables Newfoundland and Labrador companies to work together cooperatively to enhance their export potential and to accomplish what an individual business may not do alone. Financial assistance is available to create new business networks or for existing business networks to participate in activities related to export development. Not-for-profit organizations, non-commercial organizations, universities, research institutions, and community colleges, with a mandate that includes international business development and/or technology development, are eligible network partners.

Community Capacity Building Program

Community Capacity Building (CCB) is a process whereby local partners add value to communities. It is about developing the capacity of communities to respond to their own challenges and opportunities.

The CCB program offers stakeholders with a clear link to economic and business development the opportunity to build capacity either through a training module designed with the help of our CCB partners or an industry planning session.

Craft, Gift and Apparel Programs

The Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development offers three programs to support business development in the craft, gift and apparel sector: the Craft Industry Development Program, the Crafts of Character Branding Program and the Wholesale Marketing Program.

Innovation Enhancement Program

The Innovation Enhancement Program provides assistance to public sector institutions, not-for-profit groups, community organizations and industry associations for projects that enhance innovation in the province.

Regional/Sectoral Diversification Fund

The Regional/Sectoral Diversification Fund provides non-repayable contributions to eligible organizations for the development and implementation of economic initiatives that address regional and sectoral development.

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Fund

The Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Fund provides term loans and equity investments to small and medium-sized businesses in strategic growth sectors with special emphasis on value-added manufacturing, information technology, aquaculture, bio-technology, marine services, agrifoods and tourism, where local competitive impact is not an issue. The fund also targets businesses which have export potential and need assistance to enter or expand in external markets.

Workplace Skills Enhancement Program

The Workplace Skills Enhancement Program (WSEP) helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in strategic sectors acquire and/or up-skill employees to enhance productivity and global competitiveness, and support their retention and expansion strategies.

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Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs

Labrador Transportation Grooming Subsidy

The purpose is to provide support to regions along the north and south coasts of Labrador for maintenance of winter trails systems. The funds allow continued access for communities that do not have year round road connections to other areas of Labrador.

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Municipal Affairs

Community Enhancement Employment Program (CEEP)

The Community Enhancement Employment Program (CEEP) is a provincially-funded program that provides short-term employment. Workers in rural areas are employed by local governments or community organizations for up to 420 hours to assist them with eligibility for Employment Insurance benefits.

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Tourism, Culture and Recreation

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Program

This program supports Aboriginal projects that involve the safeguarding of traditions and culture, including language; traditional knowledge and skills; storytelling, music, games and other pastimes; knowledge of the landscape; customs, cultural practices and beliefs; food customs; and living off the land.

Canada Games Grants Program

To provide financial assistance to our Canada Games sports who incur costs associated with a provincial team program, training, team selection and camps.

Capital Grant Program

The Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation’s Capital Grant Program will contribute financial support to communities and organizations so that appropriate recreation and sport infrastructure is provided to communities. This program supports the goals and objectives of the Provincial Recreation and Sport Strategy, specifically the Key Direction of Infrastructure Capacity.

Community Recreation Development Grants

The Community Recreation Development Grant Program is designed to offset the cost of providing recreation and sport/active living programs and leisure services within the community. Recreation Committees/ Town Councils in communities of less than 6000 people can apply for financial support. Application forms are available through regional offices.

Grants to Provincial Sport Organizations

The Recreation and Sport Division provides grants to provincial sport organizations annually to assist with their operation, administration and promotion of their sport in the province. Provincial sport organizations must meet the sport eligibility criteria established by the department in order to qualify for financial support.

Labrador Travel Subsidy

The Labrador Travel Subsidy provides funding which supports transportation costs and permits the high school athletic federation to offer Labrador students an athletic program similar to that available to students on the island part of the province. It allows a greater number of schools throughout Labrador to participate in the program.

Market Readiness Subsidy Program

This program is designed to assist operators in enhancing the quality and market readiness of their tourism services, businesses, and products. Market readiness is the creation and delivery of memorable, value-added, high quality products and experiences that meet and exceed the expectations of visitors.

Minor Project Capital Grant Program

This grant program has been developed to:

  • Provide financial assistance for minor capital costs associated with recreation facilities and equipment
  • Assist with the rehabilitation of existing facilities

Premier's Athletic Awards Program

The Premier's Athletic Awards Program is designed to recognize athletic excellence of the province's elite athletes. Financial support is provided to these athletes to defray the costs incurred through training and competition and must be used for this purpose only.

Regional Games Program

The Regional Games Program is a program design to promote physical activity and grass roots sport development throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Community host(s) can receive up to a maximum of $10,000 to assist in the operation and hosting of a Regional Games.

Seniors Community Recreation Grant

The Seniors Community Recreation Grant Program is designed to assist recreation commissions/committees and town councils in providing programs and services focused on increased physical and leisure activity aimed at seniors in an aging community. It will also support the need for long and short term planning and links to regional and provincial initiatives. This support will result in increased opportunities for seniors to be more physically active and engaged in community life.

The Cultural Economic Development Program – Arts

The Cultural Economic Development Program supports initiatives with strong potential for sustained development and employment over the long term. Projects are reviewed in the context of sound market and business planning, the application of best practices, and competitive impact. Support is targeted at professional artists, sectoral organizations, established cultural events and festivals, and activities with industry-wide benefit.

The Cultural Economic Development Program – Heritage

This program is aimed at community heritage organizations such as museums, archives, and historical societies. Its purpose is to increase the sustainability of heritage groups by encouraging economic growth.

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Women’s Policy Office

Aboriginal Women’s Violence Protection Grants

The Aboriginal Women’s Violence Prevention Grants program is intended to support Aboriginal women in their efforts to prevent violence. The Violence Prevention Initiative recognizes that there are many valid approaches to ending violence including: increasing awareness, education, training, investing in leadership development, capacity building, or projects that offer healing or the ability for an individual or community to address violence in a culturally appropriate manner.

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