Do you Qualify?
The Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of 33 colleges and universities throughout the Commonwealth able to offer Guaranteed Free Training through a multi-million dollar grant awarded by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).
To be eligible for the WEDnetPA grant, employers and their employees must meet the following set of qualifications as required by DCED:
| Employers seeking Guaranteed Free Training funds must: |
- be based in Pennsylvania or maintain a significant presence in the state;
- be a manufacturing and/or technology-based business, to include Environmental and Bio Technology-based business;
- point-of-sale retail businesses, gaming establishments, employment agencies, government agencies, government owned facilities, education, training vendors, and non-profit entitites are not eligible. Note: some unions, labor organizations, and non-profit healthcare entities may qualify as exceptions. Please contact a WEDnetPA partner for more information.
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| Employers must verify that employees participating in the training: |
- earn at least 150% of the current federal minimum wage at the start of training, excluding benefits;
- work full-time and are permanently employed;
- are verifiable residents of Pennsylvania and are employed in Pennsylvania;
- are front-line employees or first level supervisors (can be both new hires and incumbent workers).
- employees who supervise other employees are not eligible for Basic Skills funding.
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For more information, e-mail: pct@wednetpa.com
