Skills Development Fund Training Stream
No fixed amount
Grant
Description:
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training, or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario’s economic growth.
The SDF Training Stream supports:
1. Projects that address the labour shortage and stimulate growth in key sectors of Ontario’s economy
2. Projects that will increase Ontario’s long-term economic competitive advantage by creating a sustainable and resilient workforce
3. Projects helping people with prior involvement in the criminal justice system, racialized persons and Indigenous peoples, those with disabilities, and others facing barriers to employment
Skills Development Fund Capital stream
Comments on Funding:
Applications are closed. Stay tuned for future intake announcements.
Eligibility:
Eligible organizations
1. The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream:
a) Employers in Ontario, other than the Educational Organizations listed below
b) Minister-approved non-college apprenticeship training delivery agents (TDAs)
c) Non-profit organizations, including Indigenous Band offices and Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders
d) Professional/industry/employer associations
e) Trade unions or union affiliated organizations
f) Municipalities, District Social Services Administration Boards, Consolidated Municipal Service Managers, hospitals
2. The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream as a co-applicant with one or more of the organizations above:
a) District school boards
b) Publicly assisted colleges, universities or
c) Indigenous Institutes in Ontario career colleges registered under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005
Application Steps:
Applicants interested in applying for the Skills Development Fund Training Stream (SDF TS) are to review the SDF TS Application Guide and Applicant Support Guide. The Application Guide provides background information on SDF TS objectives, focus, eligibility requirements, eligible expenses and performance measurement. The Applicant Support Guide provides step-by-step instructions for completing the application in TPON-SP Connect.
Documentation Needed:
Applications must show how the funding will:
1. Support and help develop a resilient workforce by supporting access into the labour market, and/or retention and capacity-building for employers
2. Encourage partnerships across the economy and support innovative ideas and training solutions
3. Support in-demand sectors that align with core government objectives such as manufacturing, technology, and construction labour to support increasing the housing supply in the province
Other Things to Note:
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