Governor Hassan Announces Job Training Grants for Seven New Hampshire Companies in February

Press Release

Continuing her efforts to support programs that help New Hampshire workers develop the skills needed for good jobs in the 21st century economy, Governor Maggie Hassan announced today that seven New Hampshire companies have been awarded job training grants to help them train 129 workers in new skills.

The job training grants total $96,736 and the companies contributed matching funds to bring the total amount for training workers to $193,473.

"I am pleased to announce the newest round of important grants to help New Hampshire workers develop skills for high-quality jobs at growing businesses," Governor Hassan said. "The New Hampshire Job Training Fund is a critical resource that has helped prepare thousands of workers in the Granite State for success in the innovation economy of the 21st century. In order to support the business community's efforts to create good jobs and keep New Hampshire's economy moving in the right direction, we must continue to focus on strengthening our workforce pipeline through job training and higher education."

Charles Leonard Steel of Concord received a grant of up to $19,958 for in-house training of 15 employees in specialized areas of fabrication across departments.

A grant of $7,250 was awarded to Concord Awning & Canvas of Bow for 12 employees to receive training in Lean and Business Growth from the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NHMEP).

Stamping Technologies Inc. of Laconia received a grant of $4,500 for training three employees in the ISO 9001 Collaborative at NHMEP.

Liberty Utilities of Londonderry will use a $7,500 training grant to instruct 40 employees in Customer Service through Nashua Community College.

Intec Automation of Rochester received a grant of $2,699 to train four employees in Precision Machining and Solidworks at Great Bay Community College.

Bald Peak Colony Club in Moultonborough was awarded a grant of $3,100 for 25 employees to receive training in Cyber Security Program Development from Neoscope, Inc.

Ipsumm Inc. of Portsmouth will use a grant of $51,729 to train 30 employees in a variety of skills, including positive psychology, leadership, mediation, critical thinking, accounting, human resources, business writing, Solidworks, Studio 500, motion controls and blueprint reading at NHMEP, the University of New Hampshire, Great Bay Community College, Rockwell Automation, Horizons Solutions and Human Capital Institute.

The Job Training Fund has awarded $8,654,405 in grants since October 2007, with employers contributing $11,411,236 for a total of $20,065,641 in new training for 25,152 New Hampshire workers. Companies interested in applying to the Job Training Fund should visit the fund's web site at www.nhjobtrainingfund.org.

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