Workforce Training Fund Program News Today

Haverhill’s Parker Hannifin Corporation, Merrimack Valley Credit Union and 6K of North Andover were among those last week receiving grants, distributed by the Commonwealth Corporation, to train current and newly hired employees. Parker Hannifin was awarded $177,690 to train 143 workers and support 20 additional jobs by 2025, while Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union received […]

Lathrop Community welcomes CEOLathrop, a senior living community with campuses in Northampton and Easthampton, recently welcomed Cindy Jerome as its new chief executive officer. Jerome has 23 years of leadership experience in senior living communities...

/PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses in Massachusetts that have seen business suffer because of COVID-19 can learn smart marketing strategies to get business back...

/PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses in Massachusetts that have seen business suffer because of COVID-19 can learn smart marketing strategies to get business back...

By WHAV Staff | Susan Leger Ferraro of G3 Consulting. (Courtesy photograph.) The Greater Haverhill Chamber hosts a Workforce Development Training Grant Opportunities webinar tomorrow morning with Susan Leger Ferraro of G3 Consulting. Ferraro is discussing the Workforce Training Fund Program that provides grants from $10,000-$250,000 to Massachusetts employers to train current full-time and part-time employees. The state fund is financed by a surcharge on unemployment insurance payments and any...

Business Briefs: Feb. 26, 2021 LOFTIN Freedom Credit Union nets nearly $59K for training SPRINGFIELD — Freedom Credit Union was awarded a $58,800 Workforce Training Fund Program grant from the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development that will allow it to train 29 workers by 2023. “We were thrilled to learn that our grant application was successful,” Freedom Credit Union President Glenn Welch said in a press release. “Ongoing training and learning opportunities allow o...