Incumbent Worker Training
The purpose of Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) is to provide resources
for employers to train currently employed workers is an effort to keep
businesses and workers competitive. It addresses training needed to meet
changing skill requirements caused by new technology, retooling, new
product lines, and new organizational structuring. If you are interested
in receiving information on the IWT program, complete the applicable
information requested below and you will be contacted by Hope Turner,
the Santee-Lynches Workforce Development Financial Coordinator. Click
here to open the form in a new window.
Program Guidelines
The IWT Program is funded by the Federal Workforce
Investment Act (WIA). Applications are open to all South Carolina companies
meeting the guidelines listed below.
Business Applying for Funding
- Must have been in operation in South Carolina for
a minimum of one year prior to application date to be eligible for grant
funding
- Must have at least one full-time employee
- Must be current on all state tax obligations
Priority Will Be Given To
- Businesses whose applications represent a significant
upgrade in employee skills and/or employee wage increases as a result
of training.
- Businesses whose applications represent layoff
avoidance strategy and provide retention opportunities.
- Businesses/Business sites who have not received
an IWT award during the prior or current program year.
Local WIB Priority:
None.
Training Services
- Can be provided through South Carolina's technical
colleges, school districts, area vocational-technical centers, state universities,
or licensed and certified private entities/institutions.
- Can be conducted at the business's own facility,
at the training provider's facility or at a combination of sites.
- Instructors can be either full or part-time educators
or professional trainers from the business.
Reimbursable Training Expenses
- Instructors'/Trainers' salaries
- Textbooks/manuals
- Materials and supplies
Non-Reimbursable Expenses
- Trainee wages
- Trainee travel
- Training equipment
- Capital improvements
- Purchase of any item or service that may possibly
be used outside of the training project
- Costs incurred prior to the approval date of the
application
Grant Awards
- With the high demand and limited funding available,
all applications will be evaluated to leverage other state, federal and
private funds with Incumbent Worker Training Funds
- Employers normally must provide a matching contribution
to the training project, however effective March 1, 2011, and continuing for an indefinite period of time, the matching contribution requirements have been waived for new IWT
agreements.
- Business approved for funds must sign an agreement
to complete the training project as proposed
- Business must keep accurate records of the project's
implementation process
- Business must submit reimbursement requests with
required documentation
Project Completion
- Training projects are performance based with specific
measurable outcomes, including the completion of the training and job
retention
- Business will provide sufficient documentation
for identification of all employee trainees for calculation of performance
measures and outcomes deemed pertinent to the local workforce system.
- Last payment will be withheld until the final report
is submitted and all performance criteria specified in the grant agreement
have been achieved to include:
(1) Submission of required documentation
(2) Employer matching contribution
Application Instructions
If you have any questions please contact Hope Turner,
at 803-775-7381 or hturner@slcog.org.
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