There's an important community element to this. In fact, one of the changes made in the budget was to expand the eligibility to a broader number of cities. It is focused on communities that are experiencing particular challenges. Single-industry towns are the most common setting in which a large number of older workers have to make a career change. In these cases, a project would be funded to help them with job search activities, to facilitate the reorientating of their careers, and to position them to re-enter the labour market. These are the sorts of skill sets and activities that a group-based project would pursue.
On June 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.