TRAINING/ INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Kansas Industrial Retraining Program (KIR):
The KIR job retention program provides grants to restructuring companies whose employees are likely to be displaced due to obsolete or inadequate job skills or knowledge. (More...)

Kansas Industrial Training Program (KIT):
The KIT program provides funds to help new and expanding companies train workers for new jobs. (More...)

High Performance Incentive Program:
This program provides tax incentives to eligible employers that pay above-average wages and are committed to skills development for their workers. (More...)

Investments in Major Projects and Comprehensive Training:
The IMPACT program is designed to respond to the training and capital requirements of major business expansions and locations in the state. (More...)

Early Childhood Associate Apprenticeship Program:
The Early Childhood Associate Apprenticeship Program is an innovative certification program that targets individuals working in the childhood care and education field. (More...)

Incumbent Worker Training:
This program provides grants to employers to assist with certain expenses associated with skills upgrade training for full-time employees of the company. (More...)

Rapid Response:
Rapid Response is a program designed to assist employers who are faced with staff reduction or layoff decisions.(More...)

Registered Apprenticeship:
The Registered Apprenticeship program is designed to provide employers with a skilled workforce while training existing workers in the latest technologies without loss of production time.(More...)

Workforce Solutions Fund:
The Workforce Solutions Fund allows the Secretary of Commerce to help post-secondary training institutions throughout the state respond more effectively to the needs of Kansas businesses. Funds are strategically invested into projects designed to enhance Kansas post-secondary institutions’ training services and/or training facilities for the benefit of all Kansas companies. The Secretary may elect to support a specific training project if the capability of Kansas training institutions to meet business training needs is clearly improved as a result. (More...)