Customized Training Funding Available From Workforce Partnership of Greater R.I. and Workforce Solutions
March 16, 2009 | Print this page | Share This |
Rhode Island's two local workforce investment boards, the Workforce Partnership of Greater Rhode Island and Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston, are releasing up to $500,000 to Rhode Island businesses in order to finance customized training programs for new hires.
The two local workforce investment boards will co-host an information session for interested businesses on Wednesday, March 18, from 8:30 am to noon at the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training office, 1511 Pontiac Ave., Cranston.
While participating businesses are required to contribute up to 50 percent toward the cost of training, this percentage is determined on a case-by-case basis. Training may be conducted by company staff, or it may be contracted through a third party; however, the third-party training organization must either offer industry-recognized certificates or be an approved recipient of Pell grants and Veterans' benefits.
To be eligible, businesses must apply for training funds for new full-time employees, hired due to workforce expansion or worker replacement. Enrollees in training may be chosen by the companies themselves, or may be recruited with help of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training Business Services Unit. Hiring is contingent on completion of the program. Training must conclude by December 31, 2009.
This initiative is financed by the federal Workforce Investment Act. Funding is allotted each local workforce investment board by the Governor's Workforce Board, a state-wide, policy-making board which serves as both the State Workforce Investment Board and the Human Resource Investment Council of Rhode Island.
