Authors:John GreenwoodClaudia NicholsonDavid GyarmatiDarrell KyteMelanie MacInnisReuben Ford
This is the first report from the Community Employment Innovation Project (CEIP). CEIP is a long-term demonstration project taking place in Cape Breton that is designed to measure the effects, on individuals and on communities, of providing community-based employment opportunities to the long-term unemployed. This report presents the basic design of the project, its implementation in the field, and early observations of implementation issues.
Published: December 2003
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Community Capacity, Employment - Employment Programs
Population: Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients - Women - Communities and Families - EI Recipients - Low-income Populations
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