Program Staff

Program Manager

Assistant Program
Manager
Fiscal Specialist

Contract Specialist

Pre-Obligation of
Workforce Development
Training Funds

Pre-Hire Economic
Development Grants

Business Training
Grants for New and
Existing Positions

Intent of the Program

Support Wyoming employers and workers

Foster economic development
Strengthen businesses
Develop the workforce

Pre-Obligation of
Workforce Development Training Funds
Allows economic developers the flexibility to request funding in
support of a new or expanding business in Wyoming.
May only be requested by Economic Development entities
Applications for Pre-Obligation of WDTF funding are typically not
required for a grant application or project with a total cost of less than
$50,000.
Any funding allocated through Pre-Obligation must be disbursed
through an approved Pre-Hire Economic Development Grant and/or a
Business Training Grant for New Positions.

Pre-Hire Economic Development Grants

Designed to train workers in a particular skill for

specific businesses or industry in Wyoming.
Applications are completed through a partnership
of different entities that provide unique elements
or services to the program:

A training provider
A business, group of businesses, or an industry
The local or regional Economic Development entity
The local Workforce Center

An outside Committee made up of four business

professionals from across Wyoming approve
these grant applications.

Pre-Hire Impact on Businesses

I would not have been able to jump start my career without the help of the Department of
Workforce Services aid. I now have a great career and future ahead of me as a female
Journeyman wireman. Sarah-Cheyenne

The grants that have been given to the JATC have helped to provide an exceptional education
and the skills needed to excel in the electrical industry. Jim-Ranchester

Business Training Grants for

Existing Positions
Wyomings tool for businesses to complete necessary skill upgrades to stay
competitive in todays economy

Business & Trainee Eligibility

Eligibility for Businesses
Any business entity doing business in the state in good standing with
Unemployment Insurance, Workers Compensation, Secretary of State
and the Program.
Eligibility for the Trainees
Working in Wyoming for the eligible business
There is cap of $2,000 per fiscal year per trainee.

Eligible Training
The training must:
Improve skill levels
Have a direct relationship to trainees occupation
Not normally provided by the business
Needed for the business to remain competitive
Skill improvements that:
Enhance employee effectiveness,
Reduce employee turnover, or
Enhance employee wages.

Business Contribution
Business Entity Contribution
The business entity approved for a training grant under this section shall
be required to pay forty percent (40%) of approved allowable training
expenses.

Allowable Expenses
Tuition registration, class fees and class materials directly related to
the training
Travel expenses include transportation, lodging and meals directly
related to the training
Instructors fees and travel expenses where the instructor is brought
in for the training by the business entity and is not an employee of
the business entity
Fees for continuing education units and certifications that may be
obtained during the training.

Business Training Grants

for New Positions Funding
One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per trainee working less than thirty-five
(35) hours per week.

Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per trainee working thirty-five (35) or

more hours per week
Four thousand dollars ($4,000.00 ) per trainee whose wages are equal to
or greater than the Mean County Wage

Allowable Expenses
Tuition, registration, class fees and class materials directly related to the
training
Travel expenses include transportation, lodging and meals directly
related to the training

Instructors fees and travel expenses where the instructor is brought in

for the training by the business entity
Instructors fees and travel expenses where the instructor is an
employee of the business entity
Trainees wages

Fees for continuing education units and certifications that may be

obtained during the training.

We were able to get a large volume of training at very little cost to the Young Womens
Christian Association Program thanks to the Workforce Development Training Fund.
Melinda Baas, BBBS Program Director
It was good to be able to learn more about our financial accounting software package.
Cheryl Petek, Financial Director
The valuable skills I obtained at the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Conference have helped me to integrate learning through music into the curriculum at The
Early Care and Learning Center. I now have the skills to boost childrens brain function
through the use of brain-boosting movement, songs and activities.
Cindi Wittig, Assistant Childcare Director

Contact Information
Carmalee Rose
Department of Workforce Services
Herschler Building, 2nd Floor East
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Phone: 307-777-8717
Fax: 307-777-5857

carmalee.rose@wyo.gov
www.wyomingworkforce.org/wdtf