Workforce Training
Enacted The Pressures of Rapidly changing technology and
increased regional competition require an ongoing investment
in the region’s workforces. Public and private initiatives
should partner to foster programs designed to supply a
well-trained and available labor force for employers. The
Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports
incentives that allow workers with obsolete skills to be
retrained for available jobs and programs that provide
unemployed or underemployed citizens with advanced job
skills that meet the SouthCoast’s growing workforce demands.
Funds for incumbent worker training
may be available sometimes through the Workforce Training
Fund or various government grant programs. Below are links
to workforce training opportunities available to employers
within the Greater Fall River Area. Please check this page
frequently or visit the website of
The Bristol Workforce Investment Board
for additional information.
Workforce Training Fund
Enacted in 1998, the WTF is financed
entirely by Massachusetts employers through a tax added to
the state unemployment tax and it is expressly stated to be
used for employment training purposes only. Approximately
$21 Million is collected annually from Massachusetts
businesses to finance the WTF. Since its inception, the WTF
has awarded $175 million in grants to 2,454 employers to
train 243,000 employees throughout the state.
Restoration of the Workforce Training Fund is welcomed by
the Chamber
Legislative Action to Restore Workforce Training Funds
is welcomed by the Chamber
Supplemental Budget request for full funding of the employer
funded
Workforce Training Fund (Press Release)
Supplemental Budget request for full funding of the employer
funded
Workforce Training Fund (Letter to the House)
Supplemental Budget request for full funding of the employer
funded
Workforce Training Fund (Letter to the Senate)
Support for
full funding of the employee funded
Workforce Training Fund Letter
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Updated 10-22-2009
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