Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board
P.O. Box 56
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
P8T 1A1
Tel (807) 737-4047
Fax (807) 737-4048
Toll Free 1-800-563-2183
Ziggy Beardy - Assistant Co-ordinator
Roy Anderson - Project Officer
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:
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.
To assist Aboriginal youth between the ages of 16 to 30 to gain meaningful employment/labour market skills/experience.
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.
To provide greater opportunities for area Aboriginal people to participate in district wide employment training initiatives.
To provide meaningful, incremental and career development employment opportunities.
Unemployed or career oriented area First Nations members.
Employed seeking to upgrade skills.
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.
To provide training and employment opportunities for First Nations to develop their respective infrastructures, businesses, economies, human resource development, and community initiatives.