Skill Advance Colorado funds training for businesses and non-profits
TRINIDAD, Colo – Supporting Colorado’s workforce through customized training, the Skill Advance Colorado program offers State funding for job training reimbursement grants to strengthen business competitiveness, foster talent, and increase long-term employment stability for employees. The grants are available to Colorado businesses to fund short-term training to up-skill, re-skill, and next-skill workers in a wide range of essential and technical skills development. Skill Advance Colorado, which is jointly administered by the Colorado Community College System and the Colorado Office of Economic
Development & International Trade, offers funding opportunities to businesses partnering with community colleges throughout the state via two grant programs:
• The Colorado First Job Training Program provides funds for net new hire training and focuses on new and expanding businesses in Colorado with a need to train workers with the skills necessary to increase their productivity and increase their wages.
• The Existing Industry Job Training Program provides funding for incumbent worker training and supports established Colorado businesses with adapting to new technology and preventing layoffs. Grant funding supports direct training costs and a wide range of training customized to business-specific needs. In recent years, for example, companies throughout the state received training in welding, precision machining, software development, computer-aided design (CAD), accounting, robotics, hydraulics and pneumatics, lean manufacturing, and project management.
Connect with Donna Haddow, 719 846-5724, for eligibility determination and assistance with training needs assessment, grant application development, training implementation, and grant management. For general program information, visit www.cccs.edu/skilladvance. (https://www.cccs.edu/cfei-customized-job-training-grants/).
