Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)
Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) supports Tennessee businesses with training for existing full-time employees to upgrade skills, strengthen retention, improve productivity, and boost competitiveness.
Funder: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Due Dates: No application deadline stated (contact local American Job Center for availability)
Funding Amounts: Reimbursement of all or part of eligible training costs
Summary: Competitive grants help Tennessee businesses train existing full-time employees to improve retention, productivity, and competitiveness.
Key Information: Applicants must be Tennessee for-profit businesses or health care nonprofits, operating at least one year with five full-time employees.
Description
Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) is a competitive grant program offered by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. It helps eligible Tennessee businesses upgrade the skills of their existing full-time workforce through skills development, process improvement, new technology training, and other initiatives that strengthen employee retention, productivity, and business competitiveness.
The state's business-grant pre-application identifies training options including skills upgrades, certification, process improvement, preventing layoffs, and creating new jobs. Training may be delivered by public or private educational institutions, private training organizations, business-employed trainers, or a combination of providers. Activities may take place at the business, a training provider's facility, or both. Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDAs) assist with applications and contract with approved businesses.
