CANTON, MA – Last month, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Ronald L. Walker announced $8.9 million in Workforce Training Grant funds to encourage economic growth in the state by allowing companies to invest in their workforce with additional training. The grants to 87 companies will help train more than 7,500 workers across the state.
Three Wilmington companies received grants in excess of $300,000:
- Bausch & Lomb – Polymer Technology (100 Research Drive, Unit #2) was awarded $67,500 to train 25 workers.
- Metrigraphics LLC (50 Concord Street) was awarded $53,600 to train 23 workers.
- Scully Signal Company (70 Industrial Way) was awarded $188,925 to train 82 workers.
“With each opportunity to provide more training, skills and education, we are providing our residents and companies located here the ability to remain competitive in a global marketplace,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “As we work to close the workforce skills gap and ensure our workforce remains among the strongest in the nation, these grants will provide an important level of support and training.”
“The training that employees receive through this Workplace Training Fund enables them to succeed at their companies and improve their own economic prosperity,” Lt. Governor Polito said. “We look forward to these efforts building skilled labor and driving economic development across the Commonwealth.”
“Employers tell us all the time they cannot grow as quickly as they would like to because they cannot find enough skilled workers to fill their job openings. This funding for training helps companies improve the skills of their existing employees, and create new job opportunities,” Secretary Walker said.
“Employers across the commonwealth place a high value on having a highly skilled workforce.” Rick Lord, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, said. “I am pleased to see more businesses taking advantage of the Workforce Training Fund, which is an important tool for making Massachusetts businesses more competitive by investing in the skills of their workers.”
The Workforce Training Fund is a program of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development administered by Commonwealth Corporation, a quasi-public state agency that fosters partnerships between industry, education and workforce organizations to strengthen skills for youth and adults in order to help them thrive in the state’s economy. The fund provides grants up to $250,000 to companies of any size in Massachusetts to pay for workforce training over a two-year period. Grants are awarded to projects that will upgrade workers skills, increase productivity and competitiveness of Massachusetts businesses, and create additional jobs. Grants are matched dollar-for-dollar by the recipients.
(NOTE: The above information is from a press release from Governor Baker’s office.)
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