One of the challenges that CEE has experienced has been in the call-out process. Although we have very high impact, we're not a very large organization. Part of the issue that we have come across is the fact that every time we reapply for a grant, it's about what's written on the paper and not necessarily the track record of what we've been able to do with the funds prior to.
A perfect example of this is the YESS program—you know, I didn't get to finish—which is a program that we encourage this government to continue to fund and support organizations like ours, but we have been unsuccessful. We've been successful in receiving the funds after a lot of advocacy around the work that we're doing, and we have exceeded our numbers, much to what I've described. However, then after, when the call-out came again, we were unsuccessful, so it doesn't allow for us to have continuity around us. It also impedes our ability to bring employers on board.
The way our model works is really for employers, government and us, as community, to come together, but the reality is that corporations are not going to fund the entire program based on the needs of the young people we have. The wraparound supports and all of that are really reliant on foundations and government funding. Then the employers can pay for the pieces that they're benefiting from, which are the actual hard skills and workforce development training.
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