Tools for Recovery – Workforce Development

Training ResourcesTraining Resources

• Community Colleges• Technical Schools• WorkSource WIA Programs• Incumbent Worker Training Funds

Job Skills ProgramJob Skills Program

• Coordinated by local community college(s)• Customized, short-term and job-specific

training• Program pays up to 50% of cost and

participating companies provide dollar-for-dollar cash or in-kind matches for balance

• Three Types of Training– New employees for facility openings and

expansions– Retraining current employees to prevent layoffs

and promote employer competitiveness– Upgrade current employees skills for promotional

opportunities and create vacancies for new hires

Worker RetrainingWorker Retraining

• Financial and training aid for dislocated and unemployed workers and displaced homemakers

• Offered through local community college(s)• Focused on students needing retraining in

order to reenter the workforce

• Requirements for Worker Retraining– Full or part-time student in vocational,

technical, or short-term training program– Receiving UI benefits or have exhausted

benefits within last 24 months– Maintain 2.0 gpa and complete at least

50% of coursework each quarter

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) ProgramsPrograms

• Adult Program– Provides Short-Term Training and Support

Services– Requirements

• Unemployed• Barriers to Employment• Income Based Eligibility

• Dislocated Worker Program– Provides Short-term Training and Relocation Assistance– Requirements

• Laid Off or Received Notice of Layoff• Receiving or Exhausted Unemployment Benefits • Were Self-employed• Displaced Homemaker• Occupation is No Longer in Demand• Need to Upgrade Skills in order to Return to Work

Incumbent Worker Training FundsIncumbent Worker Training Funds

• Funding from Governor’s 10% Discretionary Funds

• Employers provide a 50% match of requested funds through employee’s salary, replacement salaries, facility or equipment usage

• Funds are for specific time periods, ending with program year dates of June 30

• Requirements for Incumbent Worker Funds– Local Employer or Industry Driven Training Needs– Employees must be Eligible to Work (Citizenship)

and registered for Selective Service– Documentation of Certificates/Credentials Earned – Training Must Be Completed by End of Funding

Period

• Successful Completion– Wage Increase– Completing Licensing Requirements– Industry Skills Certificates or Credential– Attainment of Industry/Business Occupational Skill

Standards– Job Retention

American Recovery and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

• All WIA Programs will be receiving retraining funds connected to ARRA

• Currently have only received funds for Youth 16-24• Normal Eligibility Requirements apply• Youth are connected to a work site matching their

career interest• Wages are paid through the ARRA Funds • Averages 7-8 Weeks of Work per Youth

Who To Contact for Further Who To Contact for Further InformationInformation

Washington Workforce Association

www.washingtonworkforce.orgInformation on the Association and

Location of Local Workforce Development Councils