Tapping into
Government Funds
for Training Costs
Paul Smith
During Our Time Together
• Dislocated Trainers
– WLP professionals ‘in transition’
• Existing Training Programs
– New Employee training programs
– Retraining of Existing Employees training programs
• DMACC Role
– Administrative support / buffer / advisor
Enhance Your Professional Marketability
• 21st Century Realities
– “I helped train the leader who wound up letting me go.”
• CPLP® Credentialing
– Certified Professional in Learning and Performance
– http://www.astd.org/CPLP
• Where Demand Outpaces Supply
– ADP, Applebee’s, E*Trade, Nationwide Insurance,
Rockwell Collins, Verizon, … even Wal-Mart!
– Companies who have posted CPLP-preferred jobs
Escape the Catch-22
• CPLP® Testing Fee $799 (member) / $999 (non)
– Knowledge exam seat & score report
– Work product submission score report (must pass
knowledge exam first)
• Dislocated Worker Training Program
– May fund up to $5,000 to verified participants
– Occupational skills training, Job readiness training,
Entrepreneurial training, and Workplace training - which
may include cooperative education programs
Workforce Investment Act
• Involving Business in Local WIB’s since 1998
– Our own Rowena Crosbie serves on Central Iowa WIB
• Federal Funding Dispensed Through States
– Local WIBs set procedures and guidelines
– ASTD works with Congress to continue to renew
• Iowa is Considering WIA Funding for CPLP!!
– Final approve is in process
– Apply if you feel you might qualify!
Applying for WIA Dislocated Worker Funds
• Central Iowa IowaWORKS Center
– 430 East Grand Avenue
– Des Moines, IA 50309-1920
– (515) 281-9619
• Determination of Eligibility
– Contact the WIB Office to schedule appointment
– (515) 281-9700
– Conducted by: Iowa Employment Solutions @ DMACC
Iowa New Jobs Training Program (260e)
• Program Focus
– Supports businesses adding employees through expansion
in, or relocation to, Iowa
• Cost to Business
– No more than already being spent
• Gain for Business
– Varies based on your company’s training needs AND
projected tax revenue of new employee earnings
Iowa New Jobs Training Program (260e)
• Eligibility
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Creating new Iowa positions
Locating to or expanding in Iowa
Providing services in interstate commerce
Conducting business in manufacturing,
processing, assembling products, or research and
development
• Supplemental Funding Opportunities
– Additional withholding credits or corporate income tax
credits may ALSO be available
Iowa New Jobs Training Program (260e)
• DMACC Support
– Helps manage administrative logistics
– Provides advice on what is / isn’t eligible
– Coordinates certificate sale which creates training fund
• Where to Start?
– Training Funds For Expanding Companies
– Email: DMACC Business Resources
– (515) 964-6397 or (800) 362-2127 x6397
Iowa Jobs Training Program (260f)
• Program Focus
– Available for Iowa companies who are upgrading their Iowa
employees through additional training
• Cost to Business
– No more than already being spent
– Must provide 25% of training program cost as ‘cash match’
• Funding Limit
– Project awards limited to $25,000 per business site
– Maximum $50,000 over three-year period
Iowa Jobs Training Program (260f)
• Guidelines
– Provides state-funded forgivable loans or grants to Iowa
businesses training existing employees
– Loan is forgivable if business completes its training
program and trains specified number of employees
• Qualifications
– Must be engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for
the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling
products, or conducting research & development
– Provide services in interstate commerce
Iowa Jobs Training Program (260f)
• DMACC Support
– Helps manage administrative logistics
– Provides advice on what is / isn’t eligible
• Where to Start?
– Training Current Employees
– Email: DMACC Business Resources
– (515) 964-6397 or (800) 362-2127 x6397
For More Information
• Melissa Chavas
– mkchavas@dmacc.edu
– (515) 964-6407
• Paul Smith
– Smith.Paul.D@principal.com
– (515) 247-0615
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