Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Pre-LMDA Picture: Funding from Government Sources
The Province of Ontario, excluding the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities (MTCU), is the largest source of funding for all the agencies responding to ACTEW's Pre-LMDA Survey. The provincial government funds 83% of respondents' women's programs.
However, the provincial ministry most concerned with employment - MTCU - is also the least likely of all the funding options listed in our survey to support women's employment programming.
The federal government has been a common and significant funding source, as well, for agencies that focus on women; almost all of these survey respondents receive some federal money. For eleven agencies responding to our survey, the federal government is the largest funder and six of these serve women predominantly
It's unclear how this may change as the LMDA devolves many federal employment and training programs to the Province of Ontario.
And the LMDA transfers employment programming from the federal government to MTCU.
Read the full report: Patching It Together: Employment and Training Opportunities for Women in Ontario Pre-Ontario-Canada Labour Market Development Agreement.
Our next entry on the Pre-LMDA Picture: Barriers and Supports
However, the provincial ministry most concerned with employment - MTCU - is also the least likely of all the funding options listed in our survey to support women's employment programming.
The federal government has been a common and significant funding source, as well, for agencies that focus on women; almost all of these survey respondents receive some federal money. For eleven agencies responding to our survey, the federal government is the largest funder and six of these serve women predominantly
It's unclear how this may change as the LMDA devolves many federal employment and training programs to the Province of Ontario.
And the LMDA transfers employment programming from the federal government to MTCU.
Read the full report: Patching It Together: Employment and Training Opportunities for Women in Ontario Pre-Ontario-Canada Labour Market Development Agreement.
Our next entry on the Pre-LMDA Picture: Barriers and Supports
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