Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Report-back of Employment Ontario Updates
At a recent ACTEW event in Brantford, Sherree Mahood, Director of Western Region for MTCU, spoke about the development of Employment Ontario, giving several key pieces of information that we’d like to share with our network.
First, we found out that Ontario is the first province committed to delivering training through third-party deliverers, such as all the community-based agencies in ACTEW’s membership. Second, Employment Ontario seeks to be client-centered and is moving to a case management system, meaning that the file is attached to the client no matter where they move in the system. These pieces of information may not be news to most, but it’s a useful reminder that MTCU is committed to both the clients and the agencies that serve them.
We learned that MTCU’s new Minister, John Milloy, previously worked as Parliamentary Secretary for former TCU Minister Chris Bentley. This means he is familiar with the work that’s happening, and it is unlikely MTCU will be experiencing any major shifts in directions or priorities.
Sherree spoke of the federal commitments of further funding, in particular the Labour Market Agreement, the “Daughter of the LMPA”. Conversations appear to be ongoing, and there is an effort to ensure that Ontario receives a fair per capita share of that agreement. In addition, the federal government provided a commitment to explore devolution of other employment programs, such as programs for youth, for older persons, and for persons with disabilities. It sounds like these conversations are still in the future, but the commitment is still in sight for the provincial and federal government.
Work on MTCU’s transition projects is underway, with projects in various stages of initiation or completion. In particular, the project dedicated to Program and Policy Coherence has established an external reference group of service providers, and has created a program framework that splits into “service clusters”, including: employment services, income supports, training, infrastructure and capacity building.
Sherree gave many more updates, including information on the “New Work Transition Incentive Program”, service delivery model standards, and MTCU’s plan to roll out community-based local labour market planning in Spring of 2008. You can get full details from a presentation Sherree has shared by downloading this PDF version:
http://www.actew.org/projects/pwpsite/resources/EOpresentationmoving forwardOct.pdf
First, we found out that Ontario is the first province committed to delivering training through third-party deliverers, such as all the community-based agencies in ACTEW’s membership. Second, Employment Ontario seeks to be client-centered and is moving to a case management system, meaning that the file is attached to the client no matter where they move in the system. These pieces of information may not be news to most, but it’s a useful reminder that MTCU is committed to both the clients and the agencies that serve them.
We learned that MTCU’s new Minister, John Milloy, previously worked as Parliamentary Secretary for former TCU Minister Chris Bentley. This means he is familiar with the work that’s happening, and it is unlikely MTCU will be experiencing any major shifts in directions or priorities.
Sherree spoke of the federal commitments of further funding, in particular the Labour Market Agreement, the “Daughter of the LMPA”. Conversations appear to be ongoing, and there is an effort to ensure that Ontario receives a fair per capita share of that agreement. In addition, the federal government provided a commitment to explore devolution of other employment programs, such as programs for youth, for older persons, and for persons with disabilities. It sounds like these conversations are still in the future, but the commitment is still in sight for the provincial and federal government.
Work on MTCU’s transition projects is underway, with projects in various stages of initiation or completion. In particular, the project dedicated to Program and Policy Coherence has established an external reference group of service providers, and has created a program framework that splits into “service clusters”, including: employment services, income supports, training, infrastructure and capacity building.
Sherree gave many more updates, including information on the “New Work Transition Incentive Program”, service delivery model standards, and MTCU’s plan to roll out community-based local labour market planning in Spring of 2008. You can get full details from a presentation Sherree has shared by downloading this PDF version:
http://www.actew.org/projects/pwpsite/resources/EOpresentationmoving forwardOct.pdf
Labels: Meetings_and_Events, MTCU_Updates
