Programs and measures

Citizens

For information about programs and measures for individuals, see the Québec.ca website. Most of the following links will lead you to the information.

• Action
  Action is a social assistance and support program designed for recipients of last-resort financial assistance who face obstacles to entering the labour market. It is aimed at helping participants achieve their full potential and at preparing them to take part in an employment-assistance measure.
• Assistance for persons with disabilities
  Additional assistance is provided to disabled persons to offset or mitigate the effects of their disability on their career choice, their access to training and their chances of finding and keeping a job.
• Assistance for Pregnant Minors
  This program grants monthly financial assistance to minors who are pregnant and have no financial resources.
• Discover a trade or profession
  Two kinds of work experiences are offered to unemployed young people under the age of 25 to allow them to gain real work experience and confirm their career choice: internships and job shadowing .
  
• Employment Assistance Services
  This program provides various activities for persons who are looking for work: information sessions on the labour market, career advice and counselling, job search club, etc.
• Employment Integration Program for Immigrants and Visible Minorities (PRIIME)
  The Employment Integration Program for Immigrants and Visible Minorities (PRIIME) provides assistance for obtaining a first job experience in Québec.
  
• Job readiness measure
  This measure is for persons who are unemployed. It offers activities to help them develop the personal skills needed to find or keep a job.
  
• Social Assistance and Social Solidarity
  Last-resort financial assistance for low-income individuals and families.
• Program for Young Parents – Ma place au soleil (French only)
  This measure is designed for young mothers receiving last-resort financial assistance who want to go back to school. They receive support to help them assume their family responsibilities.
• Manpower Training measure
  This measure grants an allowance and reimburses training-related expenses to persons at risk of long-term unemployment.
• National Reconciliation Program for Duplessis Orphans Who Were Residents of Certain Institutions
  The National Reconciliation Program for Duplessis Orphans Who Were Residents of Certain Institutions offers individual financial assistance of $15,000 to persons commonly known as Duplessis orphans, who were residents of certain non-psychiatric institutions.
• Québec Parental Insurance Plan
  The Québec Parental Insurance Plan provides for the payment of a financial benefit to any eligible worker who takes a maternity, paternity, adoption or parental leave during which the worker sustains an interruption of earnings.
• Réussir
  Réussir is a social assistance and support program designed for persons with a severely limited capacity for employment who wish to have easier access to secondary-level vocational or postsecondary education.
• Student Employment
  Student Jobs meets the student manpower needs of the Québec civil service, the private sector and municipalities.
• Supplement to the Work Premium
  The supplement to the work premium is a tax credit that has been implemented to help former recipients of last-resort financial assistance remain employed.
• Support for Self-Employment
  This measure grants financial assistance to eligible individuals for the purpose of preparing a business plan, starting their own business or creating their own job.
• Young Volunters
  Young Volunters program allows young people between the ages of 16 and 29 to explore business ideas, organize services in their community or carry out personal projects.