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Seventy-seven organizations responded to ACTEW’s Pre-LMDA Survey. Slightly more than one third are organizations serving women predominantly.

The Pre-LMDA Survey asked what employment and training opportunities are available in Ontario for women before the implementation of the LMDA. The survey was open the month of December 2006 to all organizations providing employment and training services.

We are now analyzing the data and will release a detailed report, but we are already seeing a few trends that I can unofficially share with you:

• The majority (69%) of all respondents say there is a high demand for their services for women in their community. This is especially true of organizations serving mainly women clients: 84% report a high demand while only 4% do not.


• There is an even split between those reporting adequate government funding for programs and services and those who do not. However, agencies serving women predominantly are more likely to report adequate funding and are also are more likely to report that diverse employment services are available for women in their communities.


• Two thirds of respondents say that there is good collaboration and cross-referring in their communities, with only 14% disagreeing. Women-focussed organizations were slightly more likely than other organization to report positive relationships with other services in their communities.

We’ve also drawn the names of the two organizations that won $50 gift certificates from Chapters for their organization’s resource library. The winners are:

Scarborough Women’s Centre (Scarborough)
Working Skills Centre (Toronto)

Thank you to everyone for taking time and care to fill out the survey. Your participation makes this research stronger and we look forward to sharing the research with agencies, government, and the public.

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