July 2025 – SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Applications for training grants from the Workforce Training Fund Program are now being accepted. Learn more here.

Workforce Training Fund Program

While available to Massachusetts businesses of all sizes, the Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) focuses on small to medium-sized businesses that would not be able to invest in improving employee skills without the assistance of the Fund.

About WTFP

The Workforce Training Fund Program helps address business productivity and competitiveness by providing resources to Massachusetts businesses to fund training for current and newly hired employees. In order for the Massachusetts economy to prosper, our businesses need access to a pipeline of skilled workers so they can stay competitive and continue to grow.

We are here to help you make an investment in your employees’ skills and your future. We offer four types of grants to support the training needs of businesses across the state. See below to learn how each program can help your employees and business today!

Express Program

The Express Program provides employers fast, simple access to grant-funded training, helping businesses in Massachusetts respond to emerging needs. It is designed to help businesses respond quickly to change and keep employees engaged. With bite-size grants for just-in-time training and no waiting periods between grants, Express is our fastest path to funding, enhanced with an even more flexible directory of training options and 6 quick steps to success.

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General Program

The General Program supports Massachusetts employers of any size with resources to fund larger-scale, customized, and strategic training to upskill or reskill employees. Applicants work with training vendors of their choice to deliver a training plan that supplements their workforce needs but does not replace traditional workplace investments. The purpose of the General Program is to increase company productivity, competitiveness, and ability to do business in Massachusetts by investing in the skills of your workforce.   

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General Program Bridge Grant

The General Program ESOL Bridge Grant is designed to provide English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) to continue through the 1 year waiting period for the General Program grant. You are eligible to apply for the General Program ESOL Bridge Grant if your organization has recently completed or will complete a General Program grant supporting English language learners in your workforce.

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Technical Assistance Grant

On a very limited basis, the Workforce Training Fund Program may provide technical assistance grants to increase training opportunities to employees.

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Connect with a member of the Workforce Training Fund Program for support: Contact WTFP

For more resources visit Available Funding opportunities at Commonwealth Corporation.

Impact Numbers

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Board of Directors

Franklin Peralta

Director of Business Engagement and Public Policy
English for New Bostonians

Julie Brady

Assistant to General President Sean M. O’Brien / Special Events and Scholarship Director
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Kristin Carlson

Chair of WTF Advisory Board/President of Peerless
Peerless Precision, Inc.

Michelle Constantino

Associate Director
Cape Cod Community College Center for Community and Professional Education

Aisha Necoechea

Executive Director
BEST Hospitality

Resources

  • Industry and Occupation, Programs

Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2024

The enabling legislation for the Workforce Training Fund (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2RR) calls for a report to be filed with the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, of each year. The report highlights grants made during the previous fiscal year together with recommendations and additional information as considered appropriate. The report must also include information concerning the collection of the workforce training contributions for the previous calendar year including (i) the amount collected in each quarter and the total amount collected for the calendar year; (ii) the total number of employers that contributed to the fund and the total number of employees employed by that group of employers; and (iii) the contribution rate.
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  • Industry and Occupation, Research & Evaluation

Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2023

The enabling legislation for the Workforce Training Fund (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2RR) calls for a report to be filed with the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees by September 1 of each year. The report addresses grants made during the previous fiscal year together with such recommendations and additional information as considered appropriate.

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  • Industry and Occupation, Research & Evaluation

Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2022

The enabling legislation for the Workforce Training Fund (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 29 Section 2RR) calls for a report to be filed with the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, by September 1 of each year. The report addresses grants made during the previous fiscal year together with such recommendations and additional information as considered appropriate.

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