Grants and Contributions:

Title:
Settlement Programming for the South Okanagan Similkameen
Agreement Number:
S264838OLB
Agreement Value:
$2,771,999.50
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2028
Description:
Community Connections; Employment Related Services; Indirect Services; Information and Orientation Services; Needs and Assets Assessment and Referral Services; Settlement Workers in Schools; Support Services
Organization:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Expected Results:

Access to IRCC-funded services is facilitated; Clients improve connections to communities and social networks; Clients improve labour market knowledge, employment-related language skills, job search skills, connections, and acquire Canadian work experience; Clients improve official language skills; Clients increase knowledge of life in Canada; In-depth understanding of clients’ general and language needs and assets to facilitate settlement and language training pathways and outcome assessment; Newcomer students and their parents/guardians gain ability to function within the school and education system and increase settlement knowledge; Non-settlement partners improve capacity to provide support to diverse groups of newcomers across all sectors, in large, medium and small communities, including francophone minority communities; Settlement sector improves capacity to provide coordinated and effective settlement support to newcomers, including equity deserving groups

Location:
Penticton, British Columbia, CA V2A 4L7
Reference Number:
094-2024-2025-Q4-S264838OLB
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
895335230 RT0001
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Amendment Date
Mar 25, 2025
Recipient's Operating Name:
Penticton & District Multicultural Society
Recipient's Legal Name:
Penticton & District Multicultural Society
Program:
Settlement
Program Purpose:

For Canada to realize the economic, social and cultural benefits of immigration, newcomers must integrate successfully into Canadian society. To provide newcomers with the information required to make informed decision, language skills adequate to their settlement and integration goals, and the support they need to build networks within their new communities.

Coverage:
Penticton
Amendments: