Community Business Development Corporation (CBDC) Blue Water Self-Employment Benefit (SEB) Program
no fixed amount
Grant, In-Kind Support
Description:
The Self Employment Benefits (SEB) program provides entrepreneurial support and financial assistance to Labor Market Development Agreement (LMDA) eligible, unemployed participants starting their own business. Entrepreneurial support may include orientation, information sessions and/or workshops, coaching, mentoring, and access to specific business implementation training to enable participants to develop and implement their business plans.
Comments on Funding:
Funding takes the form of financial assistance:
– Eligible applicants must be receiving or have received Employment Insurance (EI) benefits within a certain timeframe and will continue to receive your Employment Insurance (EI) benefits until their claim ends. At this time, they will receive support at a provincially established rate for the duration of time remaining on the SEB Program; OR
– If approved for the SEB Program, but are not currently receiving Employment Insurance benefits, they will receive a weekly allowance at a provincially established rate.
Continuous Intake
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
1. be Labor Market Development Agreement (LMDA) eligible that meet one of the following requirements:
a) have a current Employment Insurance (EI) claim;
b) have had an EI claim that ended within the last 60 months;
c) have received benefits under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB);
d) have been employed with gross insurable earnings of $2000 or higher annually, in at least 5 of the last 10 years.
2. be unemployed participants starting their own business.
Application Steps:
Applicants must first visit a Nova Scotia Works Centre in their local area who will advise them on their options and help them with their Self-Employment application process.
Documentation Needed:
For details about documentation requirements, applicants must reach out to CBDC Blue Water team through:
Phone: (902) 827-5564
Online Contact Form
Other Things to Note:
Employment Nova Scotia delivers Self-Employment and other Employment Benefits and Support Measures in Nova Scotia
- All
- and Dartmouth.
- and Middle Musquodoboit
- Beaverbank
- Bedford
- but excluding the metro areas of Halifax
- covering the rural areas between Ecum Secum and Hubbards
- Eastern Passage
- including communities such as Tantallon
- Lower Sackville
- Non-profit Organization
- Nova Scotia
- Old Halifax
- Old Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
- Porters Lake
- Sheet Harbour
- Start a Business
- The Prestons
- Timberlea
- Unemployed
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