Program to help troubled military veterans find work gets $2.9M from feds
Posted Sep 26, 2016 01:10:57 PM.
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OTTAWA – The federal government is contributing $2.9 million for a program to help veterans struggling with mental health problems to find jobs.
The money is going to the Mood Disorders Society of Canada to help provide vets with skills training and support they need to find work.
Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says his department will also contribute in-kind support to the project in the form of promotion, expertise and advice.
The program will provide employment assistance services to vulnerable veterans suffering from conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Participants will get employment placements or assistance to return to school.
The program will bring the federal government, mental health organizations, stakeholder groups, homeless shelters and local employers together to roll out 48 programs, over a three-year period, in Calgary, Montreal and Toronto.
