Customized Job Training  (CJT)

To support the needs of employers to provide advanced-level training to their employees. Also, to promote business and professional partnerships in the development and implementation of industry-specific curricula.

Any business, except point-of-sale retail businesses, may apply for funding on behalf of themselves or through one of the following:

• area vocational-technical schools
• community and junior colleges
• intermediate units
• private and public schools
• college and universities

• industrial resource centers
• economic development organizations
• greenhouses
• private companies
• local workforce investment boards

Funds may be used by a Pennsylvania company to train employees for job-specific skills. Eligible uses include:

• salaries and fringe benefits for instruction and curriculum development
• supplies and consumable materials
• reasonable travel expenses
• communication cists, such as telephone, postage and printing
• tool and equipment rental directly applicable to the training project
• administrative costs
• instructional software
• tuition reimbursement

• trainees must be making 150% of minimum wage, when applicable
• no awards for more than 2 successive fiscal years or for no more than 3 out of every 5 fiscal years

• must either be a start-up, existing, expanding or relocating operations at a Pennsylvania site

• trainees should be verifiable Pennsylvania residents

• trainees who successfully complete the CJT program must fill all entry-level positions and upgrade position identified in the training plan

• reimbursement is at 75% of total project cost with 25% private cash match

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Please contact Connie Frantz for full details and assistance.