Growing Workforce

Workforce Training Programs

Iowa’s industry-driven workforce development programs and services enhance Iowa’s economic well-being by increasing the skills of an already productive Iowa workforce. Iowans, with their unmatched work ethic, are acquiring skills that will increase their earning and improve the competitiveness of Iowa businesses.

By leveraging training resources, filling funding gaps in human resource development initiatives, and sponsoring business consortia that address common employment training needs, the skills of Iowa’s workers are enhanced, allowing its industries to grow. Programs offered by the Iowa Department of Economic Development include:

• Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program (260E) — Provides no-cost or reduced-cost job-training services to new employees of eligible businesses through Iowa's community college system.
• Community College Consortium — Provides funding assistance for community college-sponsored employee training projects in which two or more businesses participate.
• Community College Business Network Training Program — Provides funding assistance to two or more businesses participating in training programs based in one or more community colleges.
• Apprenticeship Program — Funds projects that increase the skills of workers through a combination of classroom and on-the-job training.
• Accelerated Career Education Program — Assists Iowa's community colleges in establishing/expanding programs that train individuals in the occupations most needed by Iowa businesses.
• Iowa Jobs Training Program (260F) — Provides job training services to current employees of eligible businesses that are located in Iowa.
• Take a look at the FY ’09 activity in the full report.