Targeted Initiative for Older Workers Agreement (TIOW)

The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers is a federal-provincial/territorial cost-shared initiative that provides employment assistance services and activities, such as skills upgrading and work experience, to unemployed older workers aged 55 to 64 living in vulnerable communities.

Signed in 2011, the agreement enables the province to fund employment training programs for mature workers in communities with less than 250,000 people. The province will provide a maximum of $1.6 million while the federal government provides up to $8.45 million until the agreement ends in March 2012.

• Federal-provincial news release, February 25, 2010
• Federal-provincial news release, January 25, 2010
• Federal-provincial agreement 
• Targeted Initiative for Older Worker Agreements across Canada
• Video: Interviews with two workers and a career employment
  consultant on the challenges older workers face when looking for employment
  

To find out about TIOW-funded projects in Alberta, contact:

Career Information Hotline at:
1-800-661-3753 (free from anywhere in Alberta)
780-422-4266 (in Edmonton)
Email
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