Community Apprenticeship Skills Support (CASS)
Literacy Link South Central ran a 3-year poverty reduction project entitled Community Apprenticeship Skills Support (CASS).
Final reports can be found here:
Project overview
Through this project, we assisted 60 individuals in moving out of poverty, through adult literacy, employment services, and apprenticeship and into a career. This project offered specialized support for three different target populations:
- Young single males on Ontario Works who were not in education, employed or in training (NEET)
- Immigrants (men and women) who had less than Grade 12 and who were on Ontario Works, but had been in Canada for 5+ years
- Persons with disabilities (men and women) on Ontario Works
LLSC, as the lead agency, worked with several community partners on this project:
- ATN Access Inc.
- The Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford Workforce Planning and Development Board
- The Employment Sector Council
The collaborative team assisted clients in moving from literacy upgrading through to accessing employment services, and from employment services to accessing an employer for an apprenticeship opportunity. For an overview of the project, please view this webinar .
