Connecticut lawmakers have seeded a newly created workforce fund with $1 million, and created a new board within the state’s Department of Labor to make grants for worker training.
H.B. 5001 establishes the Workforce Training Authority and the Workforce Training Authority Fund.
The assistance will be aimed at a broad range of industries, including construction, health care, early childhood education, insurance, financial services, bioscience, advanced manufacturing, digital media, green technology and tourism.