Workforce Training Fund Grants

Workforce Training Fund grants are the answer to your training budget needs, and WorkTerrain can help you obtain them. With the Workforce Training Fund grant, employers incur little or  no direct, out-of-pocket subcontracted training costs. And we’ll assist you in writing these training grants, at no cost, when you contract the training through WorkTerrain.

SOME FACTS BEHIND WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANTS

The Workforce Training Fund (WFT) is a state fund financed entirely by Massachusetts employers. Its purpose is to provide resources to Massachusetts businesses and workers to train current and newly hired employees. The fund's major focus is on small to medium-sized businesses that would not be able to make this investment without this assistance.

There are two categories of grants: training and technical assistance.
•    Training grants are direct grants awarded competitively to employers, employer organizations, labor organizations and training providers, to train current and newly hired workers. Training grants range from $2,000 to $250,000.
•    Technical assistance grants are grants to help an employer, or a group of employers or employees, determine a set of training needs. Eligible applicants for Technical Assistance grants include industry associations, labor organizations, community colleges, administrative entities for local workforce investment areas, and other entities with expertise in providing technical assistance for training. Technical assistance grants range from $5,000 to $25,000.

Criteria for approval

Training grants will be reviewed using the following criteria:
•    Comprehensiveness and soundness of the plan and qualifications of the trainer
•    Clear, measurable objectives, and likelihood of achieving those objectives
•    Budget, including cost effectiveness and financial information
•    Consistency with the Workforce Training Fund mission and priorities
•    Completeness of response to the application

Technical assistance grants will be reviewed using these criteria:
•    Need: How necessary is this to the employer/employees involved?
•    Project design and objectives
•    Organizational capacity
•    Budget and cost effectiveness
•    Consistency with fund mission and priorities
•    Completeness of application

To learn how WorkTerrain can help your company’s training needs, contact Annie Ide at 508-330-6621 or e-mail annieide@workterrain.com