State of California Employment Training Panel

What's New

GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S CALIFORNIA JOBS INITIATIVE

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered the State of the State on January 6, 2010, which includes a $500 million Jobs and Economic Growth proposal that utilizes the Employment Training Panel to help achieve this initiative. Click here for additional information on the Governor’s proposal or Click here to read the Governor’s entire press release.

Reduced Funding

Given a projected $17.6 million shortfall in the Employment Training Fund (ETF) for the current year, the Panel entered the September 25, 2009 meeting with only $6.8 million in available funds for 2009-10. As a result the Panel approved the following actions:

  1. Reduce all projects by 50 percent (with a floor of $75,000) as presented in September, and as will be presented in October.
  2. Deny requests for exemptions to the funding caps that were imposed by the Panel in August.
  3. Set-aside $1 million for Small Business proposals for the remainder of FY 2009-10;
  4. Set-aside $500,000 for Critical Proposals for the remainder of FY 2009-10.
  5. Apply the maximum substantial contribution to agreements and amendments (Phase II funding).

In addition, staff has begun taking administrative steps to address this deficit condition, by stopping acceptance of applications for FY 2009-10 effective immediately, except for federal funding sources (see below); and suspending the Online Registration, Orientation and Pre-Application processes effective immediately, except for federal funding sources.

Staff will work closely with stakeholders, including all pre-applicants and applicants in the "pipeline" to ensure as smooth a transition as possible to the adjustment in funding availability.

ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES

At its September 25th meeting, the Panel approved guidelines for two new programs to be funded from federal funding sources in the current year: Clean Energy Workforce Training Program. and Non-Profit Nurse Training Program .

Please note that the Panel is no longer accepting new applications for these programs.

Guidelines for the possibility of alternate funding from AB118 monies are also in development. This program would provide ETP with $5 million in FY 2009-10, to support the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, which was established by AB 118 effective January 2008. The program's goal is to transform California's fuel and vehicle types to meet the state's climate change policies. More information and guidelines for this program will be provided on this website as soon as it becomes available.

Green ETP

Each year, ETP identifies priority industries in need of training support for employees, which ultimately help keep California businesses competitive in a global marketplace. At the same time, ETP partners with public and private groups such as colleges and universities, technology communities, labor, local workforce investment boards, and other state entities to further expand funding workforce development and economic opportunities. Green technology has become a key industry to which ETP has approved training contracts and is expanding upon because of employment growth opportunities.