State Resources

The Job Training Fund is designed to help you improve your workforce and grow your business. The fund is available to businesses located in New Hampshire and businesses intending to locate in the State who pay quarterly taxes into the NH Unemployment Trust Fund. Businesses that make voluntary (reimbursable) contributions are not eligible. Local, county, and state political subdivisions are not eligible for the program. The Job Training Fund matches your employer training expenditures on a 1:1 basis. A minimum 1:1 cash match is required. Ineligible matching funds include salaries, wages bonuses, and benefits of employees in training such as in-kind contributions, administrative or entertainment expenses, and costs resulting from violations of, or failure to comply with federal, state or local laws, and regulations. The minimum grant allowed is $750. The maximum grant that can be requested is $100,000. You will work with local community colleges or private training vendors to obtain instruction needed for your employees. Structured on-site laboratory or classroom training for basic skills, technical skills, quality improvement, safety, management and supervision, and English as a second language. The NHLRA can assist with making these connections.

Employment services include job listings, upcoming job fairs, free job-seeker resource materials, unemployment compensation, Trade Adjustment Assistance, veterans services, economic and labor market information, and many other services. Employers may access free employer services.
Contact: The Office of Workforce Opportunity at 603-271-7275

Through Return to Work, participating employers get to try out a potential future employee at no cost to them. The Program enables individuals collecting unemployment compensation to be trained by an employer to work a maximum of 24 hours per week for up to six weeks.
Contact: Pam Szacik, director of Division of Employment Services at NH Employment Security, at pamela.r.szacik@nhes.nh.gov

The mission of New Hampshire Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation is to assist eligible New Hampshire citizens with disabilities secure suitable employment and financial and personal independence by providing rehabilitation services.
Contact: Terri Tedeschi, business relations consultant, at Terri.Tedeschi@doe.nh.gov

WOIA is an employment and training program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor to help dislocated workers and other eligible adults access the tools they need to manage their careers through information and high quality services and to help U.S. companies find skilled workers. In addition to access to funding, the WIOA has access to those who are currently unemployed, underemployed, and use English as a second language. The On the Job Training (OJT) Program reimburses employers to offset some of the costs associated with supervising and training New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP) participants as newly hired full-time employees in their company workforce. The OJT program is especially useful to employers expanding their business and who need workers trained in specific job skills. The employer receives a wage reimbursement up to 50% ($3,500 maximum) during the new employee’s contracted OJT training period (maximum 6 months). As an even greater incentive, participating employers can benefit from a tax credit for up to $10,200 over 2 years through the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for each NHEP participant who completes and remains employed the end of their OJT training.
Contact: Tracey Johnson, WIOA statewide program manager, at Tjackson@snhs.org