Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced more than $14.3 million in Workforce Training Fund Program grants awarded to train 8,633 employees from 134 Massachusetts employers. Grant recipients expect to add 1,172 additional jobs by 2023 as a result of these grants.
The Workforce Training Fund is a program of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and is administered by
Commonwealth Corporation
, a quasi-public state agency that fosters partnerships between industry, education, and workforce organizations. Since the beginning of the Baker-Polito Administration, the Workforce Training Fund has awarded more than $110 million to train more than 87,000 workers from over 2,500 Massachusetts businesses.
About CommCorp
Commonwealth Corporation is a quasi-public agency in Massachusetts overseen by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Our mission is to foster workforce equity by delivering innovative and collaborative professional development solutions that help diverse communities and employers succeed. We administer and deliver a wide range of publicly and privately funded grant programs to create or expand education and training capacity for in-demand occupations. For more information, please contact us.
