Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities

Also known as LMAPWD, (and formerly referred to as the Employability Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Program - EAPD) this program offers services like these to support people with disabilities:

• skills assessment
• career counseling
• job skills training
• help to go to school
• disability supports

Eligibility

You may be eligible for LMAPWD even if you are not eligible for Income Assistance.

You may be eligible if these things are true:

• you are a person with a disability
• your disability stops you from going to work right now
• you are at least 16 years of age when you apply for LMAPWD
• you are a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
• you live in Nova Scotia
• you can no longer do the work you have been trained to do
• your disability gets in the way of taking training which would lead to work
• the services at LMAPWD will make a difference to your ability to look for work

Next steps

Contact the nearest Community Services Office. You will be asked to meet with a caseworker. You must apply early in the calendar year if you want to take a post-secondary program in the fall. You must complete an LMAPWD application form. This will include a medical report from your doctor.