Employment Training Panel Awards
Almost $8.5 Million
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s Employment Training Panel awarded almost $8.5 million in job training funds to improve the skills of 5,625 California workers for quality positions in both large and small businesses in sectors including green technology, bio-technology, health care, manufacturing, telecommunications, construction and agriculture.
The Employment Training Panel approved contracts for the following company, agency, hospital and college located in the Inland Empire:
Jacuzzi Brands Corp., dba Jacuzzi Group Worldwide in San Bernardino: $349,365
Riverside County Economic Development Agency in Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles: $184,900
Riverside Healthcare Systems, LP, dba Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside: $298,320
San Bernardino Community College District Professional Development Center in San Bernardino and Riverside: $201,420
ETP is a business and labor supported state agency that assists employers in strengthening their competitive edge by providing funds to partially off-set the costs of job skills training that is necessary to maintain high-performance workplaces. California’s ETP is a performance-based program, providing funds for trainees who successfully complete approved training programs and are retained in well-paying jobs for a specific period of time.
The program is funded by the Employment Training Tax paid by California employers, and targets firms threatened by out-of-state and international competition. Since its inception in 1983, the ETP program has provided over $1 billion to train more than 800,000 workers in over 70,000 California companies. Employers match training funds awarded through ETP contracts, making these projects true public-private partnerships. To view copies of the proposals considered by the Panel at its most recent meeting, visit the ETP Website at www.etp.ca.gov/packets.cfm. For more information about the ETP program, please visit www.etp.ca.gov or call 916-327-5261.