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Benefit
Grant recipients (i.e. public community colleges, public technical colleges, and community-based organizations) partner with local businesses that participate in the planning and design of a proposed training project for in-need individuals.
Administration
The Self-Sufficiency Fund is administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. For more detailed information on the program, click here.
Benefit
A business, consortium of businesses, or trade union identifies a training need, and then partners with a public community or technical college to fill its specific needs. Businesses work with college partners to submit proposals, develop curricula, and conduct training.
The Skills Development Fund pays for the training, the college administers the grant, and businesses create new jobs and improve the skills of their current workers.
Texas Workforce Commission provides access to a team of highly skilled professionals who provide technical assistance, at no charge, to help streamline the development of projects and proposals. The team is available to work directly with employers, colleges, Local Workforce Development Boards, and economic development partners throughout the life of the project to ensure employers are getting the training their workers need.
Eligibility
- Grant recipients are public community or technical colleges.
- Business partners are primarily private for-profit businesses.
Administration
The Skills Development Fund is administered through the Texas Workforce Commission. For more detailed information on the program, click here.
The Deal Closer
The Texas Enterprise Fund Offers a Special Incentive to Choose Texas
If you're seriously considering Texas and opportunities in some other state, the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) might help you make your decision. The fund is a cash grant used as a financial incentive tool for projects that offer significant projected job creation and capital investment and where a single Texas site is competing with another viable out-of-state option. Since its inception in 2004, the TEF has awarded over 100 grants totaling more than $500 million across a wide variety of industries and projects. TEF Award Listing – All Projects to Date
Easily find TEF Award recipients and locations using our interactive mapping tool (with quick how-to guide).
