Businesses from Brevard to Tampa can now take advantage of a Department of Labor National Emergency Grant awarded to Brevard Workforce.  The grant, in part, underwrites salaries for businesses that hire Space Coast residents laid off as a result of the end of NASA’s Shuttle program, extending to workers inside and outside of aerospace.  It is designed to help businesses with most of the funding targeted at the On-The-Job-Training (OJT) program.

 OJT underwrites up to half of a new-hire’s salary for up to three months, providing major cost savings for businesses and other eligible organizations who are interested in hiring from Brevard’s pool of talent over the next 18 months.   Any employer in the State of Florida can take advantage of the OJT incentive/training funds to hire people from Brevard County that have been, or will be laid off, whether they are aerospace workers or those in the community who lose their jobs as an indirect result of the aerospace layoffs. 

 If you think your business may be interested in hiring a candidate through the OJT program, please complete our National Emergency Grant On-The-Job Training Inquiries form. Brevard Workforce will review the applications and contact you in the July/August 2010 timeframe.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 8:40 am and is filed under Brevard Workforce.