Ontario Launches Free Job Training for People with Disabilities

Today, Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, announced that our government is investing $6.5 million to support five innovative projects helping more than 3,770 people with disabilities find meaningful jobs with businesses in their communities.

These projects will connect jobseekers to careers in a variety of sectors including, healthcare, information technology, retail, and hospitality. One project will provide one-on-one and peer support, skills building and goal-setting workshops, and accessible technology training needed to prepare for work with local employers. The other four projects will support 2,470 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who will have the chance to build in-demand skills, receive employment counselling, job coaching, hands-on training, and paid work placements.

More than 2.6 million people in Ontario live with a disability, and they are three times as likely to be unemployed.

Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003114/ontario-launches-free-job-training-for-people-with-disabilities