Programming

Through mentorship and group activities, MYTEAM provides a range of services intended to identify and address your strengths and needs for support and skill development in the areas of education, training, finances, housing, employment, self-development, child care, and basic living skills.

Program Eligibility

• • Are 6 to 21 years of age,
  • Are in (or recently left) the care of Child and Family Services as a Permanent Ward, on Temporary Order, or under a Voluntary Placement Agreement.
  • Be eligible for, or already enrolled in Employment and Income Assistance (EIA)
  • Be willing to develop an individual plan with goals of living on your own or with a roommate
  • Be interested in education and/or employment training
  • Bwilling to work closely with a mentor
  • Be ready and willing to make a commitment to the program for at least one year
  • Live in Winnipeg

Program Activities

• • Mentorship to support you with training and/or educational goals
  • Work experiences that could lead to long-term career opportunities
  • Resources to help youth find and keep suitable housing
  • Help in the search for child care and other important resources
  • Support to help you deal with life issues as they arise
  • Opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal supports (money management, healthy living, and personal relationships)

How to Apply

You can refer yourself or ask a staff from one of the organizations below to make a referral to MYTEAM for you

• • CFS workers
  • EIA workers
  • Community Organizations
  • Educational Institutions
  • Self-referral

MYTEAM participant referral forms can be obtained by clicking here for the Worker Referral Form and here for the Self-Referral Form; or by calling
MYTEAM at:
(204) 594-6500
For more information, contact MYTEAM’s
program coordinator at:
(204) 594-6500 ext: 104

What the Program Offers:

• Skills, training, and volunteer experience
• Summer employment through the City of Winnipeg’s Recreation Department and Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata’s own Green Team
• Workshops such as suicide awareness and prevention, healthy relationships, community awareness, and how to develop self-confidence and leadership abilities

Eligibility Criteria:

• Indigenous
• 15-24 years old

How to Apply:

1. Download and print the application.
2. Email completed applications to Cheyenne Hotomaniwith “Futures Is Yours Program Application” noted in the email’s subject line.

The program runs in “3 phases” throughout the year:

• • January to April
  • May to August
  • September to December

What the Program Gives You:

• Reach professional and personal goals related to school or finding work.
• Key certifications – Non-Violent Crisis Intervention/Critical Incident Management, Food Handlers, First Aid/CPR, Mental Health First Aid, and Business Ethics
• Life Skills – Cooking classes and nutrition, healthy lifestyles and awareness of addictions, literacy, group reading and speaking in public, and cultural teachings and ceremonies (e.g. sweat lodges, sharing circles, medicine wheel, medicine gatherings, wild game preparation, drumming/singing and language)
• Professional guidance – how to build a portfolio, resume writing, interview preparation and practice, where to gain volunteer experience, how to explore the hidden job market online
• Education guidance – Goal setting both short term and long term, going on educational and informative tours with inner-city universities and colleges, training sites. 

Eligibility:

• Live in Winnipeg
• Indigenous
• 15-30 years old
• Out of school and or unemployed
• On Employment Income Assistance (EIA)
• Willing to go through personal development 
• Have the goals of living independently, finding stable work, or returning to school to finish their diploma and/or begin a post-secondary/trades level program
• Be able to commit to a 12-week program on a full-time basis (Monday to Friday),

How to Apply:

There are two ways you can apply:

1. Get a copy of the program’s application to fill out by
   • dropping by Eagle Urban Transition Centre’s location (2^nd floor of their office at 275 Portage Avenue) or
   • calling 204-954-3050
2. If you are connected with a social services worker, you are able to ask them for a referral

All successful applicants will be contacted by one of the Program’s Coordinators once their decision is made.