Incumbent Worker Training

The Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) is designed to provide funding assistance to qualifying, Alabama for-profit businesses needing to train or retrain their staff. Training must before a business necessity that will enhance the organization's abilities to compete on a global scale; expand its present market, and help ensure the business stays in Alabama.

For workers, the training should upgrade their work skills, heighten job security, provide marketable skills and increase the possibility of higher wages and promotional opportunities. The CAPTE staff manages the program. The maximum funding award for a training project is $50,000 (the initial agreement duration may not exceed 12 months).