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  • Overview
    • Creation of the Toolkit
    • How the Toolkit is Organized
    • Acknowledgements
    • Youth Homelessness Overview
    • Youth Unemployment Statistics
    • Homelessness And Youth Un/Employment
    • Employment Programs for Youth
    • Promising Practices for Community Agencies
    • What is Energy Poverty?
    • What is Energy Retrofitting?
  • References
  • Understanding Employment Insurance (EI)
    • Employment Insurance Overview
    • → Calculating EI
    • → Variable Best Weeks
    • EI Family Supplement
    • History
    • Philosophy
    • Core Values
    • Model
    • Programs
    • Overview
    • History
    • Criteria
    • Application/Screening Process
    • Duration
    • Completion
    • Hours
    • Tiers
    • → Tier 1
    • → Tier 2
    • → Tier 3
    • The Work
    • → Retrofits
    • → Modernization and Improvement (M&I)
    • → Special Contracts
    • Standards
  • Supports to Success
    • Intensive Support Model
    • → Case Management as part of ISM
    • GED
    • Housing Supports
    • Harm Reduction Approach
    • Strength-Based Approach
    • Training
    • Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
    • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
    • Certificate of Recognition™ (COR™) Certification
    • → COR™ and PRIME
    • Carpenters Millwrights College (CMC)
    • Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC)
    • CUPE Local 1860
    • Staff Training
    • Staff Roles
    • Train for Trades Staff Job Descriptions
    • → Sub-Contractors
  • Evaluation and Measuring Progress
    • Youth
    • Construction
    • Sustainability
    • Awards and Recognition
    • General Recommendations
    • Construction-Specific Recommendations
    • Why Do This?
    • Changes to Youth Complement
    • Changes to Tier System and Workload
    • Changes to Staffing
    • Changes to Funding
    • Changes to Evaluation
  • About Choices For Youth
  • Conclusion
  • Funding
  • Theoretical Approaches
  • Youth Employment Backgrounder
  • Lessons Learned and Recommendations
  • Safety
  • Changes to T4T for 2015-2016
  • Social Enterprise Backgrounder
  • Energy Issues Backgrounder
  • Train for Trades
  • Applying for the Program
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Understanding Employment Insurance (EI)

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Resources

Service Canada - Employment Insurance
Service Canada - Employment Insurance Regular Benefits
Service Canada - Employment Insurance Facts
Service Canada - Your rights and responsibilities towards Employment Insurance (EI)
References Employment Insurance Overview

Overview

Creation of the ToolkitHow the Toolkit is OrganizedAcknowledgementsYouth Homelessness OverviewYouth Unemployment StatisticsHomelessness And Youth Un/EmploymentEmployment Programs for YouthPromising Practices for Community AgenciesWhat is Energy Poverty?What is Energy Retrofitting?

References

Understanding Employment Insurance (EI)

Employment Insurance Overview→ Calculating EI→ Variable Best WeeksEI Family SupplementHistoryPhilosophyCore ValuesModelProgramsOverviewHistoryCriteriaApplication/Screening ProcessDurationCompletionHoursTiers→ Tier 1→ Tier 2→ Tier 3The Work→ Retrofits→ Modernization and Improvement (M&I)→ Special ContractsStandards

Supports to Success

Intensive Support Model→ Case Management as part of ISMGEDHousing SupportsHarm Reduction ApproachStrength-Based ApproachTrainingOccupational Health and Safety (OH&S)Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Certificate of Recognition™ (COR™) Certification→ COR™ and PRIMECarpenters Millwrights College (CMC)Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC)CUPE Local 1860Staff TrainingStaff RolesTrain for Trades Staff Job Descriptions→ Sub-Contractors

Evaluation and Measuring Progress

YouthConstructionSustainabilityAwards and RecognitionGeneral RecommendationsConstruction-Specific RecommendationsWhy Do This?Changes to Youth ComplementChanges to Tier System and WorkloadChanges to StaffingChanges to FundingChanges to Evaluation

About Choices For Youth

Conclusion

Funding

Theoretical Approaches

Youth Employment Backgrounder

Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Safety

Changes to T4T for 2015-2016

Social Enterprise Backgrounder

Energy Issues Backgrounder

Train for Trades

Applying for the Program

Partnerships

Policies and Procedures

About the Work

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