{"id":10451,"date":"2012-08-31T14:41:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T20:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=10451"},"modified":"2012-08-31T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T20:51:35","slug":"idaho-labor-department-oks-325000-in-training-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/08\/31\/idaho-labor-department-oks-325000-in-training-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Labor Department OKs $325,000 In Training Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10452\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 170px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Boise-based MotivePower designs, makes and re-makes trains. \" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/08\/MotivePower-Courtesy.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10452\" title=\"MotivePower\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/08\/MotivePower-Courtesy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Courtesy MotivePower Inc.<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boise-based MotivePower designs, makes and re-makes trains.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Idaho Department of Labor today approved $325,000 in <a title=\"Understanding Workforce Development Training Grants\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/workforce-training-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">worker training grants<\/a> for two Boise-based companies.<\/p>\n<p>Locomotive maker MotivePower Inc. is eligible to receive $288,000 and iVinci Health, a hospital software company can get up to $38,000.<\/p>\n<p>Workforce Development Training <a title=\"Understanding Workforce Development Training Grants\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/workforce-training-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">grants are reimbursements<\/a> to companies that need to train new employees, existing employees or employees who are in danger of being laid off unless their skills are updated. It&#8217;s paid for by a tax on businesses.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content alignleft\"><h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4><div class=\"links\"><h5>Posts<\/h5><ul><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/06\/25\/companies-receive-idaho-training-grants-but-make-no-long-term-promises\/\">Companies Receive Idaho Training Grants, But Make No Long-Term Promises<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/07\/16\/why-one-idaho-company-is-growing-its-own-workforce\/\">Why One Idaho Company Is Growing Its Own Workforce<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/08\/08\/chobani-receives-bulk-of-new-worker-training-grant-money\/\">Chobani Receives Bulk Of New Worker Training Grant\u00a0Money<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"topics\"><h5>Topics<\/h5><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/06\/WelderHandsCU_Small.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/workforce-training-grants\/\">Understanding Workforce Development Training Grants<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In order to qualify, companies must pay at least $12 an hour and include health benefits.\u00a0 The business also has to make a product or offer a service that is sold outside the region, or be in the health care sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Labor Department reports there are now 46 active workforce development grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Idaho Department of Labor today approved $325,000 in worker training grants for two Boise-based companies. Locomotive maker MotivePower Inc. is eligible to receive $288,000 and iVinci Health, a hospital software company can get up to $38,000. Workforce Development Training grants are reimbursements to companies that need to train new employees, existing employees or employees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":10452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[68,165],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10459,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10451\/revisions\/10459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}