Mélissa Gélinas LJI Reporter
On November 4, the Government of Quebec officially announced that it will provide more than $5.8 million to support youth initiatives.
According to Mathieu Lacombe, Minister of Culture and Communications, Minister responsible for Youth and Minister responsible for the Outaouais Region, this amount will be distributed to 19 non-profit organizations for funding in 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. More specifically, it is to continue the transition from the 2021-2024 Youth Action Plan to the new action plan that will be made public in 2025.
This transition will therefore ensure the stability and continuation of services. This will allow the 19 organizations to keep offering their services to young people until the next Youth Action Plan 2025-2030. The extension of this funding is therefore essential to continue and plan future projects with young people. The 19 organizations play a crucial role, since they support young people on their journey in terms of employment, education, entrepreneurship, culture, the environment, health and citizenship.
The goal is to meet the needs and priorities of young people aged 15 to 29. Following the pandemic, many young people have been faced with several questions about their development and their future.
In addition, more than $300 million in government investments have been raised in three years.
On the other hand, with more than 130 measures, including more than 80 new initiatives such as assistance programs, strategies, partnerships and others, more than 500,000 young people have joined this action plan.
Photo: The Culture, Communications and Youth team. From left to right: Samuel Poulin, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Culture and Communication and to the Minister responsible for Youth, Mathieu Lacombe, MNA for Papineau, Minister of Youth Culture and Communications, and of the Outaouais region, Mathieu Rivest, MNA for Cote-du-Sud (September 2023)
(MG) Photo: Facebook page of Mathieu Lacombe, Member of the National Assembly for Papineau