Dress for Success Canada Foundation: federal grants and contributions

With their 13 local affiliate partners, the Dress for Success Canada Foundation (DFSCF) will facilitate a continuum of pre-employment training, job-retention training, skills development, mentorship, access to professional networks, and a community of support for 500 women and non-binary individuals across Canada. This project seeks to mitigate the disproportionate number of women, non-binary individuals, and women of colour who are unemployed and financially dependent.

• Employment and Social Development Canada
• ALLESP-WER
• Etobicoke North

This 36-month project will build the organizational capacity of Dress for Success so that it will be in a better position to provide guidance to underserved and vulnerable women who are trying to navigate the wide variety of COVID-19-related economic supports and services. This project will allow the organization to develop and provide online workshops to help inform women about the various programs that are available to support them, and to guide women through the application process to access available resources, referrals to nearby food banks, women’s shelters and other supports and one-on-

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

• Employment and Social Development Canada
• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
• Etobicoke North

• ALLESP-WER
• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

• Women's Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

• ALLESP-WER

• Women's Program