Income Support

What are funds for?

The Peerless Trout First Nation offers this program as a last resort for eligible individuals and their families who are ordinarily reside in Peerless Lake or Trout Lake and who are members of the Peerless Trout First Nation.

Income assistance includes funds for:

  • basic needs (such as food, clothing, and rent and utilities allowance)
  • special needs (such as essential household items, personal incidentals, and doctor-recommended diets)
  • pre-employment and employment support to move individuals toward self-sufficiency (such as life skills and job training)

Beverly Noskiye

Social Development/ Income Support Manager

Beverly J. Noskiye is the Social Development/ Income Support Manager for the Peerless Trout First Nation. Beverly is a member of Peerless Trout First Nation and is a resident of the community. She has been working in this position since February of 2017. She has an extensive work history in the community from working as a Teacher Assistant, Special Needs Assistant, ECS-K4 Teacher/Assistant, Outreach Worker, Receptionist, Economic Dev. Officer, PTFN Consultation Coordinator.

She enjoys working at The Peerless Trout First Nation as she feels it is a great family and team environment and looks forward to creating other opportunities and expanding the program towards employment readiness. She enjoys working with her clients and knows first hand what the needs in the community are and continues to build relationships to help address these issues.

kayla alook

P.E.S.P Coordinator (Pre-Employment Supports Program) Social Assistance Department

Cayla has been with us since February 21, 2023 so she has been with the department for 3 years. She has successfully been running various programs throughout the years for mental health, job placements, Life Skills, Safety Ticket training, Class 7/5 driver training, Security, Self Esteem.

Works directly only with PTFN Income Support Clients providing supports for skills training to employment.

Cayla also works closely with PTFN ISETP’s Coordinator cost sharing programs when necessary.

Cayla is currently doing her Career Dev. Competency Program (CDCP) Certificate Training. And she will be graduating March 20th in Edmonton. She will be graduating with her other colleagues within the 5 KTC Nations with ISETP’s, PESP, IA Directors.

The PTFN PESP Program is the only PESP Program within the 5 KTC Nations that is successfully running at its full capacity, reporting is always on time, and accountable for every dollar spent.

Alyssa Noskiye

P.E.S.P Coordinator (Pre-Employment Supports Program) Intake Worker

Alyssa has been with the department since April of 2025. Alyssa does intake for Income Support to make sure that the PTFN Income Support clients monthly core shelter and essential needs are met.

Her duties also include reviewing monthly intake and making sure files are compliant and all signatures, IDS, and other required documentation is up to date.

Alyssa was hired through the IAFNIYES Grant which helps 18–30-year-olds on assistance gain work experience leading to full time employment. Since then, the Grant has been taken out of all programs and we have continued to cover her wages from PESP and IA until the end of March. NEW fiscal year means new budget and we hope to create a permanent full-time position for Alyssa as she is doing an amazing job and is super friendly and we love having her on our team.

She has also obtained her Class 5 drivers license through the PESP while she was on this placement and will be travelling to Trout couple days a week starting mid to late March of 2026 to help accommodate those that have no transportation as she now has access to the PTFN PESP vehicles to travel back and forth between communities.

Currently waiting for office space from KTC Awasak. To provide a location where she wont be alone and she is looking forward to providing that support to clients that have transportation issues.

Who can apply?

Individuals who believe they may be eligible will need to meet all the following criteria:

  • ordinarily resident on-reserve and are a registered status Indigenous person
  • eligible for basic or special financial assistance
  • can demonstrate they have no other source of funding to meet their basic needs

An individual who is eligible and applies for income assistance will be assessed according to the criteria of their province or the Yukon. This assessment covers the individual’s:

  • financial need
  • employability
  • family composition and age
  • available financial resources in the household

Who qualifies as ordinarily resident on-reserve?

Ordinarily resident on-reserve means that an individual lives on-reserve and does not maintain a primary residence off reserve but may be temporarily off reserve for the purpose of seeking education or obtaining care or services not available on reserve.