Community Employment Innovation Project (CEIP) – Testing a Community-Based Jobs Strategy for the Unemployed: Early Impacts of CEIP

Authors:David GyarmatiShawn de RaafClaudia NicholsonDarrell KyteMelanie MacInnis

Can communities create meaningful work that is an attractive alternative to Employment Insurance and welfare? A major Canadian study of a new, innovative program is showing this to be true.

This report presents 18-month impacts from the Community Employment Innovation Project (CEIP), a study of a program designed to encourage the longer-term employability of participants while supporting local community development in areas of continuing high unemployment. Communities were challenged to utilize the social economy as a source of jobs, which would provide participants with opportunities for developing skills and social capital.

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Project Details

Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Community Capacity, Employment - Employment Programs
Population: Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients - Communities and Families - Low-income Populations
Type: Report, Executive Summary
Start Date: January 1999
Completion Date: March 2008
Sponsors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), Nova Scotia Department of Community Services

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