Incumbent Worker Training grants allow employers an opportunity to upgrade the skills of their current workforce through reimbursable training services and expenses. An eligible employer must be current on all South Carolina state tax obligations, have at least one full time employee, and document that potential trainees have an established employment history with the employer for six months or more.
Training entities and city, county and state governments are not eligible for IWT funding. Businesses receiving services through ReadySC™ may be eligible for IWT so long as the training funded is not a duplication of services. IWT funds are not available to a business that has relocated, if that relocation resulted in the loss of jobs at the original location, until the company has operated at that new location for 120 days.
BUSINESS MATCH
Businesses/consortia participating in IWT are required to pay for the non-Federal share of the cost of providing training to their employees. The non-Federal share must not be less than:
- 10 percent of the costs for a business location with no more than 50 employees
- 25 percent of the costs for a business location with more than 50 employees, but no more than 100 employees
- 50 percent of the costs for a business location with more than 100 employees
IWT funds are awarded on a competitive basis.
APPLICATIONS ARE EVALUATED AS FOLLOWS:
- Characteristics of the employees to be trained: Priority given to frontline staff
- The relationship of the training to the competiveness of both the employer and employee: Training allows the employer and/or employees to be competitive with comparable employers/employees in similar are related positions.
- Per Participant Cost: priority given to those with lower cost of training per employee
- Credential and Skills gained as a result of the training: priority given to trainings that lead to a state or national certification such as NCCER
- Trainings in one of the in-demand sectors in the Trident area: Diversified Manufacturing, Transportation, Distribution & logistics, HealthCare, Information Technology, Construction Trades, Hospitality & Tourism.
- Employers Size: This is determined as the employer size defined in the application.
- Small: no more than 50 employees
- Medium: 51, but no more than 100 employees
- Large: 101 or more
Please list trainings in order of priority for your business because there are times that all training programs on an application may not be approved due to funding availability.
Please submit only one application per business. Please submit a training curriculum with application.
The deadline for submission of application is November 18, 2019 by 4:00 pm. Please submit applications to moc.gocdcb @gnorahs.
No reimbursements can be made for expenditures that occur prior to the agreement period. This includes ordering trainings, paying for trainings and/or beginning trainings etc.
You can direct businesses to contact Sharon Goss, Workforce Development Director, SC Works Trident, for more information and /or assistance with the application process at 843-529-2582 or via email at moc.gocdcb @gnorahs. You can also direct them to our website at http://www.scworkstrident.org/ or http://www.bcdcog.com for information and a copy of the application.