Harford County is seeking proposals for its Workforce Technical Training Grants for assisting the employers of the county to become more productive and competitive.
Donor Name: Harford County
State: Maryland
County: Harford County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Details:
Harford County will be providing matching funds to its businesses to accelerate the delivery of technical training to existing full-time permanent employees that will contribute to expand or improve production capabilities.
Funding Information
- Pursuant to the passage of the OCED Fiscal Budget Subject to availability of funds.
- Max $5,000 per business per program time-frame, not exceeding $1,000 per person per program time-frame.
- No one company can exceed a total grant award of $5,000 for the Program Year.
- The Workforce Technical Training Grant Program will have two rounds of competitive grant funding.
- Training must be completed any time between July 1, 2022 and October 21, 2022 for Round 1 and, for Round 2, must be completed on or after October 22, 2022 but prior to or on May 19, 2023 for Round 2.
Types of Assistance
- External Training
- Basic cost of the class only plus cost of the employee’s wages (if paid by the employer for the training taken during the regular work week)
- No transportation, food or lodging may be included in estimated cost or actual request for reimbursement
- Forklift Training allowed if trained by external company and transferable.
- Internal Training
- Cost of the employee’s wages (for only those receiving on- the-job training; not the trainer doing his/her job)
- Cost of any books required
- Cost for any software package used only for self-training or group training. This does not include the actual software being used by the company when a new program is to be installed
Eligibility Criteria
- Only Non-Profits Organizations and Private Sector Organizations are eligible to apply.
Conditions of Approval and Applicant’s Role
- No outstanding business indebtedness to Harford County Government
- Businesses must have a physical location in Harford County
- Employee must work in Harford County and be paid directly by Harford County Business, but does not have to reside in Harford County
- Employee must be full-time (average 30 hours or more per week) and paid a living wage (150% of federal minimum wage)
- Completed Workforce Technical Training Grant Application- Company Information Form (use form provided)
- Employee spreadsheet to be completed in its entirety (use form provided)
- Job classification
- Level of training
- Direct economic impact (value added to company)
- Indirect economic impact (job retention/job creation)
- Evidence of direct cost of training or wage reimbursement
- Proof of successful completion of approved training
- Proof of payment of approved training
- Provide supporting documentation as requested
- Training and back-up documentation must be complete at time of submittal.
- Final approval subject to endorsement of EDAB Workforce Committee and availability of funds.
For more information, visit Harford County.
