QUICK RESPONSE TRAINING (QRT)
(Application Form)
(Attachment to General Project Overview)
(General Project Overview)
Award made to training provider on behalf of business.
What? Grant (amount negotiable) covers direct training costs, including instructors' wages, curriculum development, and resource materials. Not to be used for trainees' wages.
Why? To provide customized entry-level skills training to new or expanding/existing businesses.
How?
- Must produce exportable goods and services.
- Create new permanent, full-time jobs and employ Florida workers.
- Establish criteria (e.g., education and skill levels) for trainee selection.
- Understand that special consideration is given to applicants that provide high quality/high wage jobs, locate the business in a distressed urban or rural area, Enterprise Zone, or Brownfield area, illustrate the economic importance of the business to the community, and/or provide in-kind or cash matches.
Training options:
- Utilize training services provided through Florida's community colleges, school districts, area vocational-technical centers, state universities, and (when approved by the Quick Response Advisory Committee) licensed and certified post-secondary private institutions.
- Conduct training at the business's own facility, the training provider's facility, or at a combination of sites to best meet the needs of the business.
- Utilize program instructors that are either full- or part-time educators or professional trainers from the business
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