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S.T.E.P.S.
Strategies
to Employment
Planning and Success provides youth and Ontario works participants with
information, education and training on a variety of topics to enhance
their job readiness and career development.
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Summer
Job
Services
Provides
summer
employment opportunities to students and wage subsidies to employers
who provide summer jobs.
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Job
Connect
Provides
out of school
and unemployed individuals with labour market resources to assist them to
find and secure employment or alternatives to completing their
education.
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Community
Access
Program
Provides
persons in the
community at large with access to computers for training on computer
programs and the Internet in order to increase their capabilities with
information technology.
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Volunteer
Action
Service
Provides
persons in the
community at large with a brokerage service that connects persons
interested in volunteering with volunteer opportunities available in
community organizations.
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Community
Information Service
Provides
persons in the
community at large with access to computers for training on computer
programs and the Internet in order to increase their capabilities with
information technology.
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IMPACT
Provides
Low-German
speaking immigrant women and their preschool children with group
sessions on life skills, parenting nutrition and English language
instruction to assist with integration into the community.
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Newcomer
Settlement
Program
Provides
Newcomers to
Canada with information on health care, employment, housing and
education to assist with their integration into the community.
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Citizenship
Classes
Provides
Immigrants who
have limited English Language skills with assistances in preparing for
their Canadian Citizenship examination in order to become Canadian
Citizens.
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Literacy
& Basic
Skills
Provides
adults with
literacy and numeracy tutoring in one-on-one or group settings to
enhance their potential.
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Translation
Services
Provides immigrants whose first
language is not English
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LINC
Language
Instruction for
Newcomers to Canada provides adult Newcomers to Canada who are
non-citizens and their preschool children with transportation and child
minding to allow them to enroll in language instruction courses.
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Adult
Day Program
Provides
Seniors, the frail elderly, adults with physical disabilities and
persons with early stage Alzheimer's disease or dementia with a
stimulating supervised social and recreational day program in addition
to providing respite and referral services for their caregivers.
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Volunteer
Coordination
Provides
persons interested in volunteering at South Essex Community Council
with a streamlined, on-stop-shop approach to volunteer participation to
benefit themselves and others in the community.
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Erie
Shore
Community Transit
Provides
seniors and
persons with physical disabilities with affordable door-to-door
assisted transportation using agency vehicles that are wheelchair and
walker accessible.
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Foot
Care Clinic
Provides
seniors and
persons with disabilities with professional and affordable foot care
treatments to enhance mobility and a healthy life style.
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Meals
On Wheels
Provides
seniors, persons convalescing and persons with disabilities with a hot,
nutritious meal up to 7 days a week to maintain a balanced diet, proper
nutrition and to enhance their social contact and safety.
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Security
Check
Provides
seniors, the
frail elderly, persons convalescing and persons with disabilities and
lonely or isolated persons , with scheduled telephone calls to promote
their safety and well being while also providing a link to other
services that promote safe, independent living
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Employment
Edge
Provides
persons with a self-identified disability, a variety of resources and
interventions, to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment.
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