Skills Development Fund Training Stream
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training, or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario's economic growth.
Offered by Employment Ontario
Amount
No fixed amount
Quick eligibility check
Who can apply
The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream:
- employers in Ontario, other than the educational organizations listed as eligible to be co-applicants
- minister-approved, non-college apprenticeship training delivery agents (TDAs)
- non-profit organizations, including Indigenous Band offices and Indigenous Skills and Employment Training agreement holders
- professional associations, industry associations, or employer associations
- trade unions or union-affiliated organizations
- municipalities, District Social Services Administration Boards, Consolidated Municipal Service Managers, hospitals
The following organizations are eligible to apply to the SDF Training Stream as a co-applicant with 1 or more of the organizations above:
- district school boards
- publicly assisted colleges, universities or Indigenous Institutes in Ontario
- career colleges registered under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005
Applications must show how the funding will focus on in-demand and key growth target sectors and occupations. Projects must address occupational and regional demands that are responsive to employers’ needs or align with core government priorities.
About the funding
The Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training, or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario's economic growth.
Administrative costs are limited to a maximum of 15% of the operating costs of the SDF Training Stream project. A maximum of $5,000 may be received for a third-party to conduct an audit of the project. All project activities eligible for funding must be carried out during the 12-month term of the TPA. If a binding TPA is executed, the funds will be distributed conditional upon and subject to the TPA.
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