Objective: 

To encourage communities to take responsibility for their own employment and training related needs by building on the capabilities and strengths of organization and relationships that already exist in the community.

Other Objectives:

• Enhance community networking
• Enhance decision making
• Reduce or eliminate duplication and overlap
• Better utilize (financial/human) resources
• Increase available local labour market information
• Financial Assistance:
• A contribution to the costs of activities such as:
• Research (i.e. profile of the unemployed, potential employment opportunities)
• Development of strategic plans
• Promotion of local labour market partnership
• Communications(i.e. share best practices)
• Coordination (i.e. community based approach)