Programs

The ALC is a not-for-profit community based employer. It delivers an upgrading program for at-risk young adults who have not completed Grade 12, are between the ages of 19-30 and have not made the transition to independency and self-sufficiency through either work or continuing education.

This 43 week work program includes the following 9 components:

• Academic Upgrading - to a GED and Grade 12 departmental (time and ability permitting)
• Computer Skills - Keyboarding, Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
• Communication Skills - Business Writing, English Grammar, Toastmasters, Electronic Media
• Business Skills - Business Calculations, Manual Bookkeeping, Business Entrepreneur Apprenticeship, Simply Accounting
• Personal Development - Thought Patterns, Market Place Living Skills
• Community Development
• Career Orientation
• Driver Training
• 3rd Party Employment