State Employee Training Grants and Funding for IT Training

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State	Link	Synopsis
Alabama	IWT	Provides grants covering up to 50% of the cost of training incumbent employees.
Alaska	STEP	The program is aimed at fostering growth of existing businesses and attracting new businesses to the state.
Arizona	ADOC Job Training Program	Provides grant money to businesses for training new or to supplement training programs for incumbent employees. Grants cover up to 75% of the cost of training new employees and up to 50% of the cost of training incumbent employees.
Arkansas	EWTP	Provides financial assistance to Arkansas's businesses and eligible consortia of businesses for upgrading the skills of the existing workforce.
Colorado	First	For companies that are relocating to Colorado or existing companies that are undertaking a major expansion.
Colorado	Existing Industry	For Colorado companies that are implementing new technology to remain competitive and keep jobs in Colorado.
Florida	QRT	Provides grant funding for customized training for new or expanding businesses.
Florida	IWT	Funding for training existing employees.
Idaho	WDTF	Funding for training new and incumbent employees.
Illinois	ETIP	Funding for retraining/upgrading existing workforce.
Indiana	SEF	Provides financial assistance to businesses committed to training their workforce.
Indiana	TECH	Provides financial assistance to existing companies that are committed to training their workers in the latest information technology skills.
Iowa	260E	Funding for training new employees.
Iowa	260F	Funding for training existing employees.
Kansas	IWT	Funding for training incumbent employees.
	IMPACT	Funding for training new employees and, under certain circumstances, for job retention projects.
	KIT	Financial assistance in pre-employment and on-the-job training.
	Industrial Retraining	Financial assistance job retention projects.
Kentucky	BSSC	Funds training for new and incumbent employees.
Louisiana	Workforce Development and Training	Funds training for new and incumbent employees.
Maine	GTI	Funds training for new and incumbent employees.
Maryland	DBED	Provides matching grants for training existing employees.
Massachusetts	WTF	Funds training for existing and newly hired employees.
Michigan	EDJT	Funds training for new and incumbent employees.
Minnesota	Dislocated Worker Program	Funds training for employers and employees in case of layoffs.
Missouri	Customized Training	Creating new jobs or retraining as a result of new investment.
	New Jobs Training	Training new employees.
	Job Retention Training	Retraining existing workforce for the purpose of retaining jobs.
Montana	WTG	Funds up to 75% of the cost of training new employees.
Nebraska	DED	Funds training new and existing employees.
New Hampshire	Job Training Fund	Funds training existing employees.
New York	STEP	Funds training incumbent workers.
North Carolina	IWP	Funds training incumbent workers.
North Carolina	CTP	Funds training new and incumbent employees.
North Dakota	New Jobs	Funds training new workers.
North Dakota	Workforce 20/20	Funds 50% of the cost of training new employees.
Ohio	WTD	Funds up to 50% of the cost of training involving employees of new and expanding Ohio businesses.
Oregon	WRT	Training existing employees.
Pennsylvania	CJT	Grants up to 75% of the eligible costs for training new or incumbent employees.
Pennsylvania	GFT	Eligible employees of new and expanding businesses.
Rhode Island	CWTG	Grants up to 50% of the eligible costs for training incumbent employees.
	WGF	Workforce expansion grant.
	Tax Credit	Grants a credit against the corporate income tax (or the insurance premium tax) equal to 50% of eligible training expenditures for new or existing employees.
South Carolina	WBS	Training new and existing employees.
South Dakota	WDP	Funds up to 50% of the cost of training new and existing employees.
Tennessee	IWT	Training incumbent employees.
Vermont	VTP	Funds training new employment, upgrade, and crossover training for incumbent workers.
Virginia	Job Investment Program	Training new and existing employees.
West Virginia	SBWF	Funds up to 100% of the actual training costs for small businesses.
Wisconsin	CLT	Provides a grant of up to 50% of the cost of training employees on the new technologies.
Wisconsin	BEST	Training employees for small businesses. Maximum funding available is 75% of eligible costs.
Wyoming	WDTF(new)	Funds training new employees.
Wyoming	WDTF(existing)	Provides a grant of up to 60% of the cost of training existing employees.