Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Government and crown corporations

Job Creation Partnerships

  • This program is currently closed.

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Job Creation Partnerships (JCP) program is designed to support community-based, not-for-profit projects. These projects will provide EI-eligible participants with opportunities to gain work experience to improve their employment prospects. Project activities should benefit both the participant and the community.
Financial support may be provided to both sponsors and participants.

Comments on Funding:

Supports to participants are determined based on the skill/supervisory level of the position and prevailing wage rates.

Project sponsors may receive financial assistance for overhead costs - up to a maximum of 40% of the approved participant costs for construction projects and 30% for non-construction projects. 

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

July 31, 2020

Eligibility:

Eligibility Criteria for Organizations:

  • Project activities must be community-based and not-for-profit
  • The project may be sponsored by a business, a federal crown corporation or comparable provincial/territorial crown corporation, an organization, an individual, a municipal government, a band/tribal council, a public health institution, or an educational institution
  • The project sponsor must:
  • be incorporated or a sole proprietor,
  • have a Canada Revenue Agency business number,
  • be in good standing with Registry of Companies and Deeds,
  • have an office location/base in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The participants must:

  • be residents of the province
  • be Canadian citizens or permanent residents
  • be legally entitled to work in Canada
  • be Eligible
  • have an employment plan that identifies that the JCP work experience being considered supports a reasonable occupational goal.

Application Steps:

1

register and create an account in the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labor’ LaMPSS payment system to apply on-line

2

complete and submit an online application along with a detailed project description, budget template and supporting information

​Applicants are notified by email after a decision is made on the application – within 25 business days of receipt of a complete application. When approval is granted, projects must commence within 45 business days.

Documentation Needed: 

​Applicant must submit:

  • an online application form
  • a job description
  • a copy of the minutes of their latest Annual General Meeting (AGM) together with the financial report tabled at that meeting
  • Letters of Support from Contributing Partners, if the case
  • an itemized budget template

​All not-for-profit organizations that apply for funding should have Director’s Liability Insurance.

Other Things to Note:

The application deadline was August 26, 2021

Program Contact:

​Job Creation Partnerships

Job Creation Partnerships Fact Sheet

Job Creation Partnerships Program Guidelines