Services
Childcare, Youth and Disability Programs
Kakivak funds programs and services in the areas of Childcare, Youth and Disabilities, to increase the ways in which it helps Qikiqtani Inuit find training or enter the job market.
Childcare programs
The goal of the Kakivak childcare program is to provide quality, culturally sensitive and regulated childcare to Inuit parents who are working, studying or participating in the traditional economy. This is done through direct support to approved Childcare organizations in the following categories:
- Attendance-based Operations and Maintenance Funding
- Basic Operations and Maintenance Funding
- Inuit Staff Incentives for Eligible Childcare Organizations
Programs for Youth
Kakivak offers a range of special support funding to individuals and organizations to support youth in gaining employment, training, work skills, experience, and career counselling. Current programs include:
Youth Work Experience Program
This program enables Inuit youth to gain valuable life and work skills by supporting businesses and organizations in providing mentored work experience for youth aged 15 – 30.
Pdf version of application
* Note: read Pdf forms and guidelines to see if you are eligible for this program. Final activity and evaluation report are to be filled in after you complete your project and are included in Pdf form.
Career Promotion and Awareness Program
Inuit and non-profit organizations can apply for CPAP funding for activities related to career planning, career development information, and life and work skills development for youth, no age restrictions (Realistic parameters would be 8 to 30 years old).
* Note: read Pdf forms and guidelines to see if you are eligible for this program. Final activity and evaluation report are to be filled in after you complete your project and are included in Pdf form.
Summer Student Employment Opportunities Program
Organizations and businesses seeking to create summer work experience opportunities for lnuit secondary and post-secondary students can apply to the Summer Student Employment Opportunities Program for youth aged 15 - 30.
* Note: read Pdf forms and guidelines to see if you are eligible for this program. Final activity and evaluation report are to be filled in after you complete your project and are included in Pdf form.
Pdf version of application
The Science and Technology Program
Inuit youth gain a variety of knowledge and hands-on experience through this program which provides Inuit organizations and government with funding to deliver science and technology related programs and workshops, no age restrictions (realistic parameters would be 8 to 30 years old)
* Note: read Pdf forms and guidelines to see if you are eligible for this program. Final activity and evaluation report are to be filled in after you complete your project and are included in Pdf form.
Youth Training and Employment Program
Young people need the opportunity to obtain valuable employment skills and experience. This program provides wage subsidies to encourage employers to hire Inuit youth aged 15 - 30.
Community Service Projects
Inuit organizations, non-profit groups and municipal governments offering employment opportunities which enable Inuit to gain work experience while contributing to the economic, environmental, cultural or social well being of their community are eligible for Community Service Project funding up to $25,000. Please contact our office if you have any questions.
Disability Assistance Program
The goal of the Disability Assistance Program is to strengthen and build the Inuit workforce in the Qikiqtani Region. Disability Assistance Program funding is available to assist individuals and organizations develop, deliver and participate in training opportunities, and to provide eligible sponsors with wage subsidies to hire Inuit persons living with disabilities for training, work-experience and job creation purposes.
Disability Assistance Program currently offered by Kakivak include:
Community Service Projects
Inuit organizations, non-profit groups and municipal governments offering employment opportunities which enable Inuit to gain work experience while contributing to the economic, environmental, cultural or social well being of their community are eligible for Community Service Project funding up to $25,000. Please contact our office if you have any questions.
