2025 pilot program to support workforce training for high-demand industries
6 Jun 2024
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Next year will be the start of a new three-year workforce training economic support program.
House Bill 303, which passed the 2024 Legislature, created a pilot program to test out how giving people stipends for work training and basic living expenses can help increase access to living wage jobs.
It’s focused on training or educational programs accredited by a state higher learning institution that certify or license students so they can get jobs in a particular field.
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