IOWA JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM (260F)

Category: IA State Programs, Workforce

TRAINING CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF IOWA COMPANIES

The Iowa Jobs Training Program (260F) provides job training services to current employees of eligible businesses.

• Helps companies train current employees with new skills
• Eligible businesses work with the local community college, which will assess training needs, determine funds available and provide training
• Valuable employee training for little to no cost

Eligibility

• Must be located in Iowa
• Must be engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling products, warehousing, wholesaling, or conducting research and development
• Service-providing businesses must have customers outside of Iowa
• Within the 36-month period prior to the date of application, a business cannot have closed or reduced its employment base by more than 20% at any of its other business sites in Iowa in order to relocate substantially the same operation to another area of the state
• Employees eligible:
  • Must be currently employed by the business
  • Must pay Iowa withholding tax

How to Apply

• Application is made through a local community college