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The Massachusetts WorkSharing Program

The smart alternative to layoffs, WorkSharing has benefits for employers and their workers. With WorkSharing, workers’ reduced hours and wages are supplemented by unemployment insurance benefits.

For complete details please visit the Massachusetts WorkSharing Program website.

Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund

The Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund awards grants to help businesses and labor organizations train the Commonwealth's workers, enchancing their existing skills and introducing them to new technologies, production methods and customer satisfaction tools.

The Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund awards grants through the following three programs:

General Program

• Maximum amount of grant is $250,000, and up to $1 million in certain cases.
• Training grants are awarded to employers, employer organizations, labor organizations and training providers.
• Please visit the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund website for more details.

Express Program

• Total grant cannot exceed $15,000.
• Training grants are awarded to businesses with 50 or fewer employees or labor organizations.

Please visit the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund web site for more details.

For Technical Assistance

Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, Barbara O'Neil
978-937-9816 or email Barbara O'Neil at oneilb@nmdda.org.

Hiring Incentive Training Grant (HITG)

Provides training grants up to $2,000 per employee and up to $30,000 a year per company.

For more information, please see the HITG section of the mass.gov web site.