The cost of delivering youth employment skills training is much smaller than the cost to BC Taxpayers for welfare, unemployment, juvenile detention or drug treatment. The estimated savings to society for welfare is about $4500 a year, while drug rehabilitation costs can run into the tens of thousands of dollars for some individuals. The cost of youth services, courts, probation officers, juvenile detention and imprisonment can easily add up to more than $100,000 a year.

The future benefit to the local community for this small investment in youth training is an employed citizen, who earns a higher income, pays income taxes and can afford to buy consumer and investment goods, such as a home or a car. The future income for a young adult at the start of their work life will easily add up to more than $ 1 million. In other words, a relatively small investment at an early stage in the life of a young person has the potential to create a large return on investment, in the form of an independent, self-sufficient and productive member of the community.