Programs

The Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board is seeking interested applicants from the catchment/SLAAMB area to participate in the following programs.

Childcare Program

The purpose of childcare is to assist trainees with the cost of providing supervised care for dependents while on a training course or starting a job. This allowance may be paid when:

First Nation's Community Initiatives

Program Objective:

To assist First Nations' communities by providing a wholistic, integrated and common approach to the solution of educational, career, employment and infrastructure needs of Aboriginal people.

Description:

To provide training and employment opportunities for First Nations to develop their respective infrastructures, businesses, economies, human resource development, and community initiatives.

First Nations' District-Wide Initiative

Program Objective:

To provide greater opportunities for area Aboriginal people to participate in district wide employment training initiatives.

Goals:

To provide meaningful, incremental and career development employment opportunities.

Eligible Participants:

Unemployed or career oriented area First Nations members.
Employed seeking to upgrade skills.

First Nations' Individual Initiatives

Program Objective:

To assist First Nations' individuals through a combination of programs and services to improve the employment chances and facilitate their entry into the labour market.

First Nations' Youth Programs

Program Objective:

To assist Aboriginal youth between the ages of 16 to 30 to gain meaningful employment/labour market skills/experience.

Program for the Disabled

For employment purposes, a person with a disability is defined as being an individual whose prospects of securing, retaining, and advancing in suitable employment are reduced as a result of a duly recognized physical or mental impairment.