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O-GI OFIFC-Great Initiative |
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The OFIFC-Great Initiative (O-GI) is a partnership between the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC), located in Toronto, and Grand River Employment and Training (GREAT), located on Six Nations. The Ontario-wide initiative began October 1, 1999 and is specifically designed to provide employment and training services to Aboriginal clients who are not eligible through First Nation, Inuit or Métis agreements, and to provide Labour market development services in urban areas where there is a demonstrated need and where no services exist. O-GI is part of the Government of Canada’s Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS), which is designed to help Aboriginal people prepare for, obtain and keep jobs. O-GI has a network of 12 local Delivery Mechanisms (LDM) who administer program intervention dollars to O-GI’s 24 employment units to fund eligible clients for employment and training programs. |
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O-GI OFIFC – Great Initiative Vision Statement Together these two organizations have a vision statement to provide strength, promote self-reliance, enhance the unity of our people, and improve opportunities for meaningful employment through self-determined activities and building employment and training capacity, now and seven generations into the future. Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres The OFIFC is a provincial Aboriginal organization with a network of 28 Friendships Centres that are strategically located in towns and cities across Ontario. Grand River Employment and Training This organization delivers innovative and culturally based employment and training programs and services to Six Nations members wherever they reside. Employment Services The employment services are available to any individual who enters any of O-GI’s employment units. Services include: ¨ Intake ¨ Employment counseling ¨ Resume/cover letter assistance ¨ Application processing ¨ Training or action plan development ¨ Referrals
Employment and Training Programs O-GI provides eligible individuals with intervention services aimed at helping clients secure meaningful employment. Service includes: ¨ Employment supports ¨ Self-employment assistance ¨ Job-creation partnerships ¨ Targeted wage subsidies ¨ Skills enhancement ¨ Training purchase ¨ Mobility assistance Youth Programs The youth program provides various employer and client based services to O-GI eligible youth aged 15-29 (30 if disabled) The programs offered included: ¨ Summer Career Placement (SCP) ¨ Youth internship ¨ Youth entrepreneurship ¨ Community service ¨ Labour market information
Client Eligibility O-GI provides employment and training programs to the following individuals: Non-status Indians who: ¨ Do not consider themselves Métis ¨ Have no membership with a First Nation in Canada or the United States ¨ Are not Inuit; and
Are deemed unaffiliated by the local delivery mechanism responsible for program intervention resources in the community. Status Indians on the general Indian registry of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada who have no membership with an Indian Band in Canada and who are deemed unaffiliated by the Indian Band that is indicated on their certificate of Indian Status. Status Indians who have membership with a First Nation outside of Ontario but are currently residing in Ontario. The Métis Nation of Ontario has the responsibility to provide program invention support to all Métis in Ontario who are not members of either the Ontario Métis Aboriginal Association or the Canadian Métis Council. Inuit in Ontario are provided access to program intervention resources through the Kagita Mikam Local Delivery Mechanism. Some First Nations’ local delivery mechanisms define affiliated clients as non-status Indians whose biological parent or grandparent either holds or has held Indian Status with a First Nation in their LDM catchments area. |
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122 East Street Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada P6A 3C6 Phone: 705-256-5634 Fax: 705-942-3227 E-mail: info@ssmifc.ca |
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