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Creating Opportunities for Youth Employment
Submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities: Canada Summer Jobs.
2025 Pre-Budget Consultation Submission
List of Recommendations:
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Recommendation # 1: The creation of sustained mechanisms for consultation and engagement with the children and youth sector.
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Recommendation # 2: Provide permanent and secure funding for youth employment and skills development.
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Recommendation #3: Provide NACY with $500,000 over 3 years to launch a pilot program to map the children and youth sector
2024 Pre-Budget Consultation Submission
List of Recommendations:
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In consultation with the children and youth serving sector, ensure funding is accessible and sustainable.
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That the government invest $5 million over four years to map the children and youth sector and $1 million annually for this purpose.
2023 Pre-Budget Consultation Submission
List of Recommendations:
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That the government create sustained mechanisms for consultation and engagement with the children and youth sector.
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That the government invest $10 million over 4 years for a national Mapping the Sector project focused on collecting data that identifies the reach and impact of the children and youth-serving sector.
Joint Statement from Members of the Children and Youth Mental Health Sector and its Stakeholders
We, as members of the child and youth mental health sector and its stakeholders, call upon the federal government to invest in the mental health of youth and the front-line workers who support them – and continue to invest in mental health at COVID-19 funding levels. This should include, clear equity targets to ensure youth are not being left behind: