Fundo Fiduciário para Competitividade da Força de Trabalho (WCTF)
Developing training pipelines to meet the skill needs of business in high demand occupations
WCTF At a Glance - 2024
- $20 Million + in Awards
- 80+ Regional Skills Training Programs Engaged
- 240 Employer Partners Engaged
WCTF Demographics of Enrollees - 2024
- 45% High School Diploma or Less
- 42% Born Outside of the U.S.
- 73% 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.
Em 2018, o Legislativo de Massachusetts votou para renomear os prêmios da WCTF em memória do falecido senador Kenneth Donnelly, que era um defensor inabalável da promoção de oportunidades de força de trabalho na Commonwealth, especialmente para pessoas que podem não ter um caminho para a estabilidade econômica. Nesse espírito, buscamos promover parcerias setoriais que são impulsionadas por organizações locais que possuem profundo conhecimento e visam elevar pessoas de todas as origens. O modelo WCTF permite que as organizações comunitárias construam e mantenham parcerias eficazes com parceiros empregadores e o sistema de força de trabalho pública, ao mesmo tempo em que se esforçam para incorporar práticas mais equitativas e inovadoras que levem ao aumento da mobilidade econômica para mais pessoas na Commonwealth.
Healthcare Workforce Hub Initiative
Os MassHire Workforce Boards regionais estão em parceria com empregadores locais de saúde e provedores de educação e treinamento para atender à demanda dos empregadores por trabalhadores qualificados, fornecendo treinamento profissional e apoio a adultos que desejam se preparar para ocupações onde há demanda persistente.
Os beneficiários do HealthCare HUBs recrutam e treinam candidatos desempregados e subempregados para cargos de nível básico e apoiam o treinamento e outros apoios destinados a fornecer oportunidades de progressão na carreira para profissionais de saúde de nível básico e de entrada.
Essas parcerias regionais de empregadores, educadores e profissionais da força de trabalho se reúnem para construir e fortalecer relacionamentos e desenvolver estratégias de força de trabalho com foco regional para atender às necessidades de pessoal e, finalmente, criar um sistema de saúde de Massachusetts mais competitivo.
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.
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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.
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Recursos
2024 Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) Annual Report
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.
Relatório Anual do Fundo Fiduciário de Competitividade da Força de Trabalho (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.
Notícias
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More Than $20 Million to Businesses to Train 18,000 Workers, Add 1,200 Jobs through WTFP
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $20.6 million has been invested in 1,507 Massachusetts businesses throughout Fiscal Year 2025 to train 18,169 workers. Additionally, participating businesses project to add over 1,200 additional […]
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New Hoosac Valley CNA program with Integritus Healthcare and MassHire
The MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board announces a new and innovative pilot training of nine Hoosac Valley High School students under the Healthcare/ Behavioral Health HUBs grant administered by Commonwealth Corporation. […]
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$440,000 in Clean Energy Training Grants for Career and Technical Education Schools
The Healey-Driscoll Administration, in collaboration with Commonwealth Corporation Foundation, announced more than $440,000 in grant funding to four Career and Technical Education schools with existing Career Technical Initiative (CTI) programs. […]
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MicroTek Inc. Awarded Grant for ESOL Classes
MicroTek Inc., a nonprofit wire component manufacturer that provides employment support to individuals with disabilities, was awarded a Workforce Training Fund grant to provide workplace classes in English for speakers […]
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$6.8 Million in WCTF Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Grants Awarded
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WTFP FY 24 Annual Report Now Available!
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M.L. Schmitt Inc., an established electrical contractor serving Western Massachusetts for a century, has consistently prioritized quality, innovation, and a strong commitment to its workforce. In FY24, the company took […]
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Empowering Teams Through Workplace ESOL
Wirefab is making big moves in workforce development! Discover how on-site ESOL training is empowering employees and strengthening the team. Wirefab, Inc., a small, employee-owned manufacturing company in Worcester, is […]
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Rewiring Careers: Nashoba’s CTI Electrical Program Opens Doors for Workforce Transformation
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