Workforce Training Fund

About Commonwealth Corporation Workforce Training Fund Express Grants 

This page is updated as of 1/10/23 for the FY2023 Emerging Leaders Program that Starts on February 28, 2023.

Apply for a Massachusetts Workforce Training Grant  at least 21 days (2/6/2023) before the first session begins for your Massachusetts-based employee(s).

This is a Reimbursement program: 

1. Firms must register and pay tuition for their participants in the Emerging Leaders Program with ACEC/MA first, get a receipt for payment from ACEC/MA, and then may apply for Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Express Grants for two of ACEC/MA's Leadership Education Programs, Emerging Leaders and Odyssey Leadership.

2. An Employer must submit an online application to the Express Grants program at least 21 days (2/6/2023) in advance of the desired training start date.  See below for links and directions.

Directions

For the Emerging Leaders Program, Class of 2023:

• Register and pay tuition for your staff to ACEC/MA and get a copy of receipt that reflects the payment first. 
• Go to the Commonwealth Corporation Workforce Training Fund Express Grant page here: https://commcorp.org/subprogram/wtfp-express-program/
• Then follow instructions under For Applicants and see what you need to submit from the page. You will need to scroll down on the page.
• Using the Express Course Directory, Search on: Emerging Leaders Program Leadership or The Engineering Center Education Trust or  ID #1107061. This is required for the online application. 
• Note, the rate listed on the Workforce Training Fund site may be the Non-member rate. Any employee of an ACEC/MA Member Firm is eligible to attend at the ACEC/MA Member Rate, so please use the correct rate when applying for the grant.
• This page will give you information on the materials you need to gather in advance, before completing the online Workforce Training Fund Program Express Program Application: https://commcorp.tfaforms.net/328894

For assistance with the application, email Express@commcorp.org for support, and they will get back to you by the next business day.

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For the Odyssey Leadership Program, Class of 2023, please do this before September 8, 2022:

• First: submit your participant's registration form to ACEC/MA and receive a paid invoice back
• Then Go to the Commonwealth Corporation Workforce Training Fund Express Grant page here: https://commcorp.org/subprogram/wtfp-express-program/
• Then follow instructions under For Applicants and see what you need to submit from the page. You will need to scroll down on the page.
• Using the Express Course Directory, Search on: Odyssey Program Leadership or The Engineering Center Education Trust or  ID #1106093. This is required for the online application. 
• Note, the rate listed on the Workforce Training Fund site may be the Non-member rate.  Any employee of an ACEC/MA Member Firm is eligible to attend at the ACEC/MA Member Rate, so please use the correct rate when applying for the grant.
• This page will give you information on the materials you need to gather in advance, before completing the online Workforce Training Fund Program Express Program Application: https://commcorp.tfaforms.net/328894

Effective July 1, 2021: While any eligible business may receive an Express Grant, only businesses with under 100 employees in Massachusetts are eligible to have the full cost of training covered, up to $3,000 / person / course. For applications received on, or after, July 1, 2021:

• For grant recipients with more than 100 MA employees, upon completion of an approved course, you may receive reimbursement of as much as half the total cost of training, up to $3,000/person/course.
• For grant recipients with 100 or fewer MA employees, upon completion of an approved course, you may receive full reimbursement of the cost of training, up to $3,000/person/course.

Eligible Massachusetts businesses of any size may apply for training grants through the Commonwealth Corporation's Workforce Training Fund’s Express Program for their Massachusetts employees.  Additional limitations apply. The Express Program assists companies by helping to address their employee training needs through a list of pre-registered courses. Companies must pay into the Workforce Training Fund to be eligible to apply for grant funds. Eligible employers complete a short, on-line application to request grant funds for pre-registered training courses. NOTE: Employers must apply 21 days before the first session begins and follow other Workforce Training Fund requirements. 

Grant funds are limited to $3,000 per employee per course and $30,000 per company per calendar year. Courses (such as OSHA) that a company is legally mandated to provide to its employees are not eligible for reimbursement under this grant program. You may only request reimbursement for training individuals who are on your company’s payroll and work in Massachusetts. 

Contact acecma@engineers.org  or call 617-227-5551 if you have questions about the ACEC/MA Leadership Education courses.