A route to explore · Ontario

I want to work but need support for disability-related barriers.

Find employment preparation with disability-related support

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Your starting point

Contact Y Opportunities to check eligibility and the next local cohort.

A pathway helps you explore. It does not decide eligibility or guarantee admission, funding, licensing or work. Each program has its own checked date.

01 / Start with your situation

Your first steps

Contact Y Opportunities to check eligibility and the next local cohort.
Discuss accommodations, time commitment and any participation cost directly with the provider.
Ask which transport, materials or childcare supports can be assessed.

02 / Compare real options

Programs and organizations to explore

Open a program to see requirements, costs, funding and the official starting point.

YMCA of Southwestern Ontario

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Six weeks of employment preparation, then connections to paid work or suitable study/training. Workforce entrants receive twelve more weeks of support.

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Requirements, funding and where to start →

03 / Check affordability

Possible funding

See each program’s funding section and ask its provider about your eligibility and full costs. No pathway-wide funding is guaranteed.

04 / Before you commit

Important distinctions

Diagnosed or self-identified disability is part of this program's scope; it is not a general newcomer program.
Do not collect medical records in the discovery chat. Paid-work connections are not a job guarantee.