High Demand Job Training
Supports matched workforce grants for local development boards and their partners hiring in high-demand fields.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) High Demand Job Training (HDJT) program provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants to Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) in partnership with Type A or Type B Economic Development Corporations (EDCs) to fund job training in high-demand occupations. TWC matches up to $150,000 per project; the EDC must commit an equal amount drawn from its sales-tax receip…
Dollar-for-dollar matching grants of up to $150,000 for Texas Workforce Development Boards partnering with Economic Development Corporations to fund training in high-demand occupations.
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