2015 Training Fund Presentation - Training Focus PDF
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Program Staff
Program Manager
Pre-Obligation of
Workforce Development
Training Funds
Pre-Hire Economic
Development Grants
Business Training
Grants for New and
Existing Positions
Fiscal Specialist
Contract Specialist
Assistant Program
Manager
Intent of the Program
• Support Wyoming employers and workers
• Foster economic development
• Strengthen businesses
• Develop the workforce
Pre-Obligation of
Workforce Development Training Funds
• Allows economic developers the flexibility to request funding in support of a new or expanding business in Wyoming.
• May only be requested by Economic Development entities • Applications for Pre-Obligation of WDTF funding are typically not
required for a grant application or project with a total cost of less than $50,000.
• Any funding allocated through Pre-Obligation must be disbursed through an approved Pre-Hire Economic Development Grant and/or a Business Training Grant for New Positions.
Pre-Hire Economic Development Grants • Designed to train workers in a particular skill for
specific businesses or industry in Wyoming.
• Applications are completed through a partnership of different entities that provide unique elements or services to the program:
– A training provider
– A business, group of businesses, or an industry
– The local or regional Economic Development entity
– The local Workforce Center
• An outside Committee made up of four business professionals from across Wyoming approve these grant applications.
Pre-Hire Impact on Businesses
I would not have been able to jump start my career without the help of the Department of Workforce Services’ aid. I now have a great career and future ahead of me as a female
“Journeyman” wireman. Sarah-Cheyenne
The grants that have been given to the JATC have helped to provide an exceptional education and the skills needed to excel in the electrical industry. Jim-Ranchester
Business Training Grants for
Existing Positions
Wyoming’s tool for businesses to complete necessary skill upgrades to stay
competitive in today’s economy
Business & Trainee Eligibility
Eligibility for Businesses
Any business entity doing business in the state in good standing with
Unemployment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation, Secretary of State
and the Program.
Eligibility for the Trainees
Working in Wyoming for the eligible business
There is cap of $2,000 per fiscal year per trainee.
Eligible Training
• The training must:
– Improve skill levels
– Have a direct relationship to trainee’s occupation
– Not normally provided by the business
– Needed for the business to remain competitive
– Skill improvements that:
• Enhance employee effectiveness,
• Reduce employee turnover, or
• Enhance employee wages.
Business Contribution
Business Entity Contribution
The business entity approved for a training grant under this section shall
be required to pay forty percent (40%) of approved allowable training
expenses.
Allowable Expenses
• Tuition registration, class fees and class materials directly related to
the training
• Travel expenses include transportation, lodging and meals directly
related to the training
• Instructor’s fees and travel expenses where the instructor is brought
in for the training by the business entity and is not an employee of
the business entity
• Fees for continuing education units and certifications that may be
obtained during the training.
Business Training Grants
for New Positions Funding
• One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per trainee working less than thirty-five (35) hours per week.
• Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per trainee working thirty-five (35) or more hours per week
• Four thousand dollars ($4,000.00 ) per trainee whose wages are equal to or greater than the Mean County Wage
Allowable Expenses
• Tuition, registration, class fees and class materials directly related to the training
• Travel expenses include transportation, lodging and meals directly related to the training
• Instructor’s fees and travel expenses where the instructor is brought in for the training by the business entity
• Instructor’s fees and travel expenses where the instructor is an employee of the business entity
• Trainee’s wages
• Fees for continuing education units and certifications that may be obtained during the training.
“We were able to get a large volume of training at very little cost to the Young Women’s
Christian Association Program thanks to the Workforce Development Training Fund.”
Melinda Baas, BBBS Program Director
“It was good to be able to learn more about our financial accounting software package.”
Cheryl Petek, Financial Director
“The valuable skills I obtained at the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Conference have helped me to integrate learning through music into the curriculum at The
Early Care and Learning Center. I now have the skills to boost children’s brain function
through the use of brain-boosting movement, songs and activities.”
Cindi Wittig, Assistant Childcare Director
Contact Information
Carmalee Rose
Department of Workforce Services
Herschler Building, 2nd Floor East
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: 307-777-8717
Fax: 307-777-5857
www.wyomingworkforce.org/wdtf