WEDnetPA – Workforce Training Grants Available for 2012-2013

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East Stroudsburg University’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) is accepting applications for 2012-2013 Employee-Training Grants from the Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA). Funding for WEDnetPA is provided by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).

The WEDnetPA Program provides qualified companies with funds for training their employees in Basic Skills up to $450 per eligible employee and in Information Technology up to $850 per eligible employee. Companies may qualify for a total of $75,000 for Basic Skills and $50,000 for IT training. Funding is available primarily to manufacturing and technology-based industries including financial, healthcare, biotech and environmental-tech companies. Companies not eligible for funding include point-of-sale retailers, training vendors, government, education and non-profit organizations (except for healthcare institutions and agencies).

ESU’s Office of Workforce Development will accept applications for WEDnetPA funding through July 13, 2012. Grants will be awarded at the end of August for fiscal year July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013. Companies may apply online at www.isaac.wednetpa.com.

The ESU Office of Workforce Development will sponsor two WEDnetPA Application Training Sessions scheduled for Thursday, June 21 at noon and Friday, June 22 at 9 a.m. The Training Sessions will be conducted by Daria Wielebinski, interim director of Workforce Development, and will be held in the ESU Innovation Center, 562 Independence Road, East Stroudsburg. To register for the training call Daria Wielebinski at 570-422-7952 or dwielebinski@esu.edu.

WEDnetPA’s mission is to build and strengthen employee productivity in Pennsylvania’s workforce by supporting training that will put employees on a path to higher performance. Companies identify their own training needs, which may involve skills that are general to the workplace or specific to their industry. Companies also choose their own training providers: on-line courseware or traditional classroom instruction, conducted by either in-house staff or third-party trainers.

Training may include but is not limited to:

Basic Skills Information Technology
  • Communication and Teamwork
  • Applied Mathematics and   Measurement
  • Computers
  • Problem Solving
  • Quality Assurance
  • Business Operations
  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • Produce and Process Control
  • Workplace Behavior Skills
  • Manufacturing Fundamentals

 
  • E-Business/Commerce
  • Technology Support
  • Information Security
  • Database Development
  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Network Administration
  • Systems Analysis
  • Management Information Systems
  • Website Design and Development
  • Advance Applied Manufacturing   Technology (including but not limited to CAD, CAM, CNC, and ERP)

ESU is a certified WEDnetPA partner authorized to apply for funding on a company’s behalf.

Information is available on-line at www.wednetpa.com.