Fondo fiduciario para la competitividad de la fuerza laboral (WCTF)

Developing training pipelines to meet the skill needs of business in high demand occupations

WCTF At a Glance 2021 to 2024

  • $50 Million + in awards
  • 100+ unique grantee awards
  • 6000 + individuals trained
  • 89% job placement rate

WCTF Demographics of Enrollees-2023

  • 75% Low-Income 200% Below Poverty Level
  • 43% High Diploma or less
  • 67% born outside of the U.S.
  • 72% Racial/Ethnic Minority

Donnelly Success Grant

The Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) invests in demand-driven programs designed by industry sector partnerships that train and place unemployed and underemployed workers. The purpose of the Fund is to support the development and implementation of employer and worker-responsive programs to enhance worker skills, incomes, productivity, and retention, and to increase the quality and competitiveness of Massachusetts businesses. WCTF programs serve people across the Commonwealth whose life experiences and circumstances make it difficult for them to succeed in employment without targeted support. They include individuals who are underemployed and rely on aid from public benefits to support their families, individuals who have been disconnected from the workforce for a long period, and people who have not been able to complete formal schooling.
En 2018, la Legislatura de Massachusetts votó para cambiar el nombre de las subvenciones de la WCTF en memoria del difunto Senador Kenneth Donnelly, quien fue un firme defensor de la promoción de oportunidades laborales en la Mancomunidad, especialmente para las personas que podrían carecer de un camino hacia la estabilidad económica. Con este espíritu, buscamos fomentar asociaciones sectoriales impulsadas por organizaciones locales que posean una gran experiencia y tengan como objetivo elevar a las personas de todos los orígenes. El modelo WCTF permite a las organizaciones comunitarias construir y mantener asociaciones efectivas con socios empleadores y el sistema de fuerza laboral pública mientras se esfuerzan por incorporar prácticas más equitativas e innovadoras que conduzcan a una mayor movilidad económica para más personas en la Commonwealth.

Healthcare Workforce Hub Initiative

Las juntas regionales de la fuerza laboral de MassHire Workforce Boards se asocian con los empleadores locales del sector de la salud y con proveedores de capacitaciones y educación para satisfacer la demanda de trabajadores cualificados por parte de los empleadores. Tienen la misión de proporcionar capacitación laboral y apoyo a los adultos que desean prepararse para ocupaciones de continua demanda.

Los beneficiarios de los núcleos de fuerza laboral de la salud HealthCare HUBs reclutan y capacitan a candidatos desempleados y subempleados para puestos de nivel básico. Apoyan la capacitación y también ofrecen oportunidades de desarrollo profesional al personal de salud de nivel básico e intermedio.

Estas alianzas regionales de empleadores, educadores y profesionales de la fuerza laboral se reúnen para construir y fortalecer las relaciones y desarrollar estrategias laborales centradas en la región. Así, satisfacen las necesidades del personal y, en última instancia, crean un sistema de salud más competitivo en Massachusetts.

WCTF Program Design Grant

The Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund Program Design Grant aims to fund planning and program design activities that lead to an implementation proposal to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF), Senator Donnelly Workforce Success Grants. This grant program offers funding to provide training and placement programs for (1) unemployed and/or (2) underemployed individuals, as well as training and advancement programs for (3) incumbent workers. In all three options, the training program must be designed to prepare individuals for occupational priorities identified through the Regional Workforce Skills Planning Initiative regional blueprint process. Quality Technical Assistance and Communities of Practice offered by WCTF program staff are an integral component of this program.

Prospective applicants must review the WCTF-Donnelly implementation Request for Proposals (RFP) before seeking Program Design funding. Additionally, applicants are expected to submit their application for the WCTF-Donnelly implementation grant within six months of concluding their Program Design grant.

For more information, please contact Adam Cutler, Director of WCTF: [email protected]

RISE Grants

Supporting ESOL services and career readiness for individuals in Emergency Assistance Shelters in Massachusetts, aiming to secure unsubsidized employment and promote economic stability.

Recursos

2024 Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) Annual Report

WCTF grants expand training capacity to upskill new workers and address employers’ hiring needs across a broad range of occupations within industries such as healthcare, IT, transportation, and hospitality.

The enabling legislation for WCTF (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2WWW) calls for a report to be filed annually with the Secretary of Administration and Finance, the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, and the Joint Committees on Community Development and Small Business, Education, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Labor and Workforce Development, and Public Health. The report must include the number of educational and eligible service providers receiving grants and participants receiving services and placed in employment, as well as the salary and benefits that participants receive after placement, the cost per participant, and job retention or promotion rates for the year after training ends.

2023 Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) Annual Report

WCTF grants expand training capacity to upskill new workers and address employers’ hiring needs across a broad range of occupations within industries such as healthcare, IT, transportation, and hospitality.

The enabling legislation for WCTF (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2WWW) calls for a report to be filed annually with the Secretary of Administration and Finance; the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means; and the Joint Committees on Community Development and Small Business, Education, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Labor and Workforce Development, and Public Health. The report must include the number of educational and eligible service providers receiving grants and participants receiving services and placed in employment, as well as the salary and benefits that participants receive after placement, the cost per participant, and job retention or promotion rates for the year after training ends.

ARPA; Standard Terms and Conditions

The following Standard Terms and Conditions Apply to Grant Awards funded through ARPA

Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund 2023 Brochure

The Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund supplies employers and training providers with the funding to develop programs that will train new workers to address employers’ hiring needs. Read more in the following brochure.

Informe anual del Fondo Fiduciario para la Competitividad de la Fuerza Laboral (WCTF) de 2022

WCTF grants expand training capacity to upskill new workers and address employers’ hiring needs across a broad range of occupations within industries such as healthcare, IT, transportation, and hospitality.

The enabling legislation for WCTF (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2WWW) calls for a report to be filed annually with the Secretary of Administration and Finance; the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means; and the Joint Committees on Community Development and Small Business, Education, Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Labor and Workforce Development, and Public Health. The report must include the number of educational and eligible service providers receiving grants and participants receiving services and placed in employment, as well as the salary and benefits that participants receive after placement, the cost per participant, and job retention or promotion rates for the year after training ends.

2021 Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) Annual Report

El Fondo Fiduciario para la Competitividad de la Fuerza Laboral (WCTF, por sus siglas en inglés) se estableció a través de la legislación de estímulo económico aprobada por la Legislatura de Massachusetts en 2006. El WCTF invierte en programas impulsados por la demanda diseñados por asociaciones del sector industrial que capacitan y colocan en empleos a trabajadores desempleados y subempleados. El propósito del Fondo es apoyar el desarrollo y la implementación de programas receptivos para empleadores y trabajadores para mejorar las habilidades, los ingresos, la productividad y la retención de los trabajadores y para aumentar la calidad y la competitividad de las empresas de Massachusetts.

Noticias

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More Than $500,000 In Career Technical Initiative (CTI) implementation grants for the Berkshires

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$4.2 in WCTF Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success Grants

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$11 Million to Businesses through Workforce Training Fund

Workforce training funds will provide training for current and newly hired employees in areas like ESOL, Technology, and Project Management The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $10.9 million in Workforce Training […]

Funding made available to meet the skilled workforce needs of businesses in Massachusetts and help families move out of shelter

The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the expansion of job training programs for individuals who face barriers to employment, including those staying in Emergency Assistance (EA) shelters. These programs are part of […]

Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches New Stipend Program for Eligible Jobseekers in Training

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Exploring Best Practices: Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund’s Hosts First Community of Practice Convening

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Commonwealth Corporation es una agencia cuasipública que se estableció en el 1996 bajo la Oficina Ejecutiva de Trabajo y Desarrollo de la Fuerza Laboral. 


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