Activity Agreement Youth Allowance
Example: Alice started a three-year bachelor`s degree in 2013. Assuming Alice`s units are one semester, she has three and a half years to take the course and be a student for YA. If she continues to pass the activity test, Alice will reach her satisfactory progress time at the end of the first semester of 2016 and will no longer be eligible for this YA course as a student. If you participate in an activity agreement, you are entitled to a living allowance. However, a person may, in certain circumstances, be allowed to continue his studies as an YA job seeker (the study was admitted as a short course). These students must have their studies enrolled in an EPP. Reference Policy: Guide SS 3.2.7.10 Satisfaction of the YA Activity Test, 3.2.7.30 Full-time YA Students, 3.2.7,100 full-time students full-time progress satisfying A criterion for conducting qualifying studies for professional purposes is that you must make satisfactory progress in your course. A tertiary improves satisfactorily if the time spent in the course (with time spent at the same level in other courses) does not exceed the time allowed for this course. For the youth allowance, the time allowed is measured only by the study you have done in your current course. If you receive youth assistance, there is no limit to the number of courses you can take at the same level and you can maintain full-time student status. If you have already tried another course at the same level, you may need to enter into an activity agreement for students. Students must take a course over an authorized period based on the minimum time normally required to complete the course, as well as an additional allowable period.
Up to one year of additional eligible time may be granted to complete your course. In exceptional cases, some students may benefit from an extension of their authorized time. These circumstances include illness, family trauma, natural disasters, relocations and duties of care. Example 1: Vincent is 20 years old and has completed a year of economics studies at university. He retired from the Bwusrig and switched to engineering after a year. With Vincent withdrawing from his previous trajectory for reasons that were not beyond his control, Vincent must respect the terms of an YA activity agreement until he completes his course in time considered a satisfactory advance in this course or is no longer qualified for YA, depending on the earliest moment. An activity agreement between a youth and a counsellor is an agreement whereby the youth will participate in an apprenticeship and activity program to help them prepare for formal learning or employment. Activity agreements are open to unemployed 16-19 year olds and need additional support to help them develop their skills in accessing formal education or employment. Students under the age of 22 who have reached the satisfactory progress time for their course must switch to YA job seekers and enter an EPP.