The Midlands Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) Program provides funding for training needed due to:
 

Expansion, new technology, retooling, new services/product lines and new organizational structuring or as part of a layoff aversion strategy. IWT may also fund training in new businesses if those jobs are ineligible for assistance through ReadySC™.  IWT is funded by the Federal Workforce Innovative & Opportunity Act (WIOA).  Applications are open to all South Carolina businesses meeting the guidelines listed below (there will be a waiting period of 120 days for new or expanding businesses that displaced workers elsewhere in the United States).

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To qualify for consideration, training must be skills-based. Mandatory industry or safety training is not allowable.

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Businesses applying for funding must:

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• Have at least one full-time employee

 

• Be current on all state tax obligations
   

• Be a private business or private non-profit organization (Training Entities, City, County and State Governments are not eligible to receive IWT Funds)

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For all program requirements, please see the IWT Program guidelines form below.

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​​To learn more about how IWT can benefit your business, please contact:

 

Steve Knight
sknight@midlandsworkforce.org
803-744-1670

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To be added to IWT Funding Notification Distrubtion List, please email sknight@midlandsworkforce.org

IWT Program Guidelines

IWT Funding Application