Financial Assistance

BETTER JOBS ONTARIO

Better Jobs Ontario provides eligible applicants with:

• skills training for in-demand jobs
• financial support

You may qualify for Better Jobs Ontario if you have either:

• been laid off and have not been working
• been laid off and are working a temporary job just to cover costs
• not been laid-off, but have been unemployed for 12 weeks or longer and are part of a low-income household

You can still apply if you receive any of the following forms of income assistance:

• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Ontario Works (OW)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

To apply to Better Jobs Ontario, you’ll work with an Employment Ontario service provider

https://www.ontario.ca/page/better-jobs-ontario

ONTARIO JOB GRANT

The Ontario Job Grant (OJG) provides funding to help businesses train their employees and update their skills. This helps employers ensure their workforce has the right skills to adapt to a changing economy.

The Ontario Job Grant supports eligible training costs up to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee, with additional flexibility for small employers.

Employers can use the grant to train:

• existing employees to upgrade their skills
• new hires, whether currently employed elsewhere or previously unemployed (a new hire is a trainee with an identified job opportunity within the employer’s workforce that has been provided with an offer of employment prior to training)
• https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-job-grant