Business Training Grants
Business Training Grants support Wyoming businesses with short-term employee training that closes occupational skill gaps, upgrades job skills, and improves productivity and business competitiveness.
This grant was recently updated
Training is now limited to short-term opportunities of 12 months or less focused on immediate skills for an employee’s current occupation; courses contributing toward an associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree are ineligible. Individual college courses or short-term college certificate programs may qualify if they do not advance a degree.
Funder: Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Due Dates: Rolling (apply 30–110 calendar days before training, travel, or pre-work begins)
Funding Amounts: Up to $3,000 per trainee per fiscal year ($4,000 in preferred industries); $75,000 per business per fiscal year
Summary: Supports Wyoming businesses with short-term, job-related employee training that closes skill gaps and improves business competitiveness.
Key Information: Reimbursement generally requires training completion and employee retention for 45 days afterward.
Description
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services administers Business Training Grants through its Workforce Development Training Fund (WDTF). The program supports training that corrects an employee’s skill deficiency or upgrades skills in their current occupation. Training must help the business remain competitive and improve productivity, efficiency, profitability, retention, employee effectiveness, or wages.
The program funds focused training lasting 12 months or less, including eligible online training, individual college courses, and short-term certificate programs. It does not support courses contributing toward an associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree. Industry-specific leadership training may qualify; general leadership training might not. Preferred industries and training leading to certifications or licenses receive priority.
