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November 22, 2009
2008-03-13 - Workforce Development Grant Workshop at BHCC
Boston, March 13, 2008 – Small-business owners, human resources and training professionals and anyone responsible for staff training are invited to Bunker Hill Community College at 11:30 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2008, for a lunchtime briefing on how to obtain and use Massachusetts Workforce Development Training Fund grants. Our speaker will be Michael Corcoran from the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development.
“Employee training is not beyond the reach of even small businesses, thanks to the many state grants available from workforce training funds. The goal of this session is to show businesses how to apply for these grants,” said Les Warren, Executive Director of Workforce Development, BHCC. “Nothing is more important to business success and a strong local economy than trained employees. Our mission is to help businesses achieve their training goals.”
The Workforce Training Grants, funded by Massachusetts businesses, became law in July 1998. Those receiving training must be employed in Massachusetts. State employees are not eligible. Depending on the size of the business, grants can be as high as $3,000 per trainee and more than $100,000 in total for a business. Training grant decisions can be made within weeks of the application. “Grants are available for just a few employees or for company-wide efforts. All employers in Massachusetts should be aware of these grants,” said Warren.
The program will be held on BHCC’s Charlestown campus in Room E175. To register for this event, go to our online registration form at www.bhcc.mass.edu/workforce-events, or email us at workforce-events@bhcc.mass.edu or call 617 228-2414 to reserve a seat.
Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts, enrolling more than 8,800 students on two campuses and at five satellite locations. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Six in ten students are people of color and more than half of BHCC’s students are women. The College also enrolls more than 600 international students who come from more than 95 countries and speak 75 different languages.
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