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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1985-11-27, Page 28Re9iongl Value Spotter, Ngverllber 27 .191; Pgge 3 aimed at hard to employ Skids Development Minister Gregory Sorbara recently announced a new program, Futures, to provide training, educational upgrading and work ex- perience for hard -to -employ youth. In a statement to the Legislature today, Mr. Sor- bara said that the new pro- gram meets the commitment of Premier David Peterson made two years ago and repeated in the Legislature 16 weeks ago. Futures will guarantee work placement for up to one year for unemployed young e who undertake educa- 1 upgrading towards Grade 12 equivalency. For other unemployed youth the program will provide counselling and up to 16 weeks of on-the-job training and work experience. The Minister said $133 -million has been provid- ed for hard -to -employ young people across the province this year. This is an increase of $58 -million over fiscal 84/85. It is estimated that by the end of the year. 56,000 young people will have benefited from this support. Mr. Sorbara said that the new program provides the greatest support to young people facing the greatest barriers to permanent employment. He said, "the program, which goes into ef- fect November 4, has been designed to provide on-the-job training, work experience and educational upgrading for young people who face severe disadvantages in seeking and keeping a job." Futwres co §olidates the services and eepands the sup, port•provided by six existing programs, while it simplifies delivery and avoids incon- sistencies, gaps and duplica- tions. It replaces Youth Works, Youth Corps, Youth Start, Youth Tourism, the On- tario Career Action Program and Residential Centres. Mr. Sobara said that the new program will be available through Ontario's 90 campuses of Colleges of Ap- plied Arts and Technology and 55 Youth Employment Counselling Centres. "This network has worked effec- tively on our behalf in the past, and are now taking on this new challenge with en- thusiasm and commitment to our young citizens. The Col- leges and the Counselling Centres bring unique capacities to this program and now will be able to better ' serve their respective client groups, ensuring equitable treatment for all," he said. The Minister said his Ministry will continue to encourage and support the expansion of the delivery organization network. Their services include an initial interview and assess- ment, pre-employment preparation for the severely employment disadvantaged, employment counselling, work experience placement, monitoring and post -program follow-up. An individual train- ing plan is set up for each participant. .Futures participants will be paid the provincial minimum wage during on-the-job place- Q sus �� RQa psi .o Q QA�' ��p►5 syko S ��A � s siop FHyOr •s JINGSgPNpN15M�Q FoPBE � " '''c"E1ayO,Nofp N lUto Ns POSEfF. sass $aE ��assz•,m ' 1N a la c, ., 111'.las . GV1 Pa FPso p5s;,os GPN, A. Fa0 'es PGa so FS 00,45' SI CR,000 10. f r„ coA �a SNlo00H1ONOON rpa.&sooshoNs. IOGP ment. Severely disadvantag- ed young people who require pre-employment preparation will be paid a weekly stipend of $100 while they learn basic social and work skills. • Employers in the private sector will be the central NO BULL Ron Rader FRAYNE CHEV-OLDS LTD. 586 Main Street, South Exeter, Ontario NOM 150 235-0660 227-4452 (London Line) 1-800-265-7026 (Toll -Free) 236-4414 (Residence) Distributed with The Goderich Signal -Star, Clinton News Record, Mitchell Advocate, Seaforth Huron Ex- positor, Exeter Times -Advocate, St, Marys Journal - Argus, Parkhill Gazette and Strathroy Age -Dispatch, Wednesday, November 27. a WaEedy o.ai,mw, Y Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd., 424 Main St., Exeter. Exeter Office 424 Main St., London Office 470 Dundas St., London, Ont., Suite 02 235-1331 673-6628 Editor, and Advertising Manager - Jini Beckett Business Manager Dick Jongkind Production Manager - Harry DeVries ISales Representatives - Gordon Stafford and Leslie Readings Be♦ SUPERSTORE MAIL Hwy. 401 and Wallington ltd. London 685-4272 Deily 9:30.0:30 Sat. 0:30-6:00 OXBURT MALL Oxford al Highbury London 451-1590 Dolly 10:00-9:00 Sal. 10:00-6:00 focus of Futures. "It is with expanding private businesses that young people have the best chanceof getting off sub- sidized eFnployment and into productive careers," said Mr. Sorbara . Op p ort uo i ties created by provincial ministries and 'Ontario municipalities will also be supported by the new pro- gram. Priority will be given to positions offering the strongest prospect of pro- viding skills for, and access to, permanent employment. Mr. Sorbara said he is pleased the Ontario govern- ment is working with the federal government in deal- ing with youth unemploy- ment. The problem is a challenge to both levels of government, who by working together, will avoid duplica- tion and ensure harmoniza- tion of efforts. Futures will be supported by a marketing campaign placed through Foster Adver- tising Limited. The contract for the supporting creative work was awarded to William Edwards Advertising ,Incorporated. Ontario Youth hotline 1-800-3870777 Since June 1984, the Ontario Youth Hotline has helped more than 65,000 callers be providing information and counselling about the Ontario government's youth employ- ment programs. We've matched young peo- ple with job prospects, employers with wage subsidy programs and we've provid- ed thousands upon thousands (in fact, more than 40,000) of information packages to peo- ple who called us asking for general information. A call to the hotline is handled in two stages. First, an information counsellor evaluates your need§ to pro- vide accurate -and car infor- mation on how Ontario's youth employment programs operate. Stage two, when . needed, involves a "call back". A youth counsellor will call back, usually the",same ' day, to provide counselling to young people or more --detail- ed information to employers. • For callers with hearing disabilities, we'have a brand new Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD) line that can be reached at 1-800-387-0743. We're open for business 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and the toll- free number can be reached from anywhere in Ontario. SEIGTL S 2 STORES IN DO%\ 'TOWN LONDON. SPE411A4 L TI LAOIIts' LEATHER WI,P4TER BOOTS hall suede or loather. low ' heels. Worm pile lining Canadian. 11t, �8 bind. brown. gray. 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