Province provides $1.1M for youth jobs

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The province is giving $1.1 million to several projects through a jobs fund for youth.

The organizations receiving funds for the First Jobs Fund’s 2024-25 intake are:

• the Eagle Urban Transition Centre ($225,000 for a pre-apprenticeship program in heat and frost insulating for up to 16 Indigenous youth)
• the Manitoba Aviation Council ($224,708 for its pilot career pathway program for 13 youth and $176,173 for its introduction to northern aviation operations program for 26 youth)
• Dexterra Community Initiatives ($222,092 to provide education, training and work opportunities to 29 Indigenous youth through a six-week summer program)
• Tech Manitoba ($108,771 to support eight Indigenous and newcomer students at University College of the North)
• the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba ($94,857 to help four newcomer youth gain jobs and develop work experience).

The fund provides up to $225,000 per project to registered non-profit or non-government organizations to implement programming for people, aged 15 to 29, “facing barriers to employment.”