NJ Labor Department Announces $6 Million Notice of Grant Opportunity to Train Incumbent Frontline Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 13, 2019
TRENTON – The Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has announced $6 million in available funding through the UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant to help the Garden State’s employers train and develop a highly skilled workforce.
This grant funding will be competitively awarded to Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ employers to provide cost reimbursement assistance to train employees to meet the current and future occupational skill requirements of available high wage, middle- and high-skill jobs.
“It is in our state’s best interest – for our current workforce and the workforce of the future – to seed this type of skills training,” said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo. “We want to do our part in helping Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ employers upskill their workers through smart work-based learning initiatives.”
This grant is a reimagining of the department’s previously offered Skills Partnership Grant, which has been retooled to be more inclusive and better support the needs of employers, as well as demonstrate long-term sustainability that results in a measurable outcome such as an industry-valued credential that furthers the trainee’s career pathway.
Applications are being accepted from individual employers, employer organizations, labor organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and eligible industry-specific consortiums. Individual employers may apply for a maximum $100,000, while industry-specific consortiums may apply for a maximum of $250,000.
For more information, read the full Notice of Grant Opportunity at: .