We serve as a workforce training grant resource, guiding you through the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund application process and program implementation. We also support you in grant writing as well as scheduling and delivering program training.
Training Grants Available to Massachusetts Businesses
General Program Training Grants
Businesses can apply for a workforce training grant of up to $250,000. Employers, employer organizations, labor organizations, training providers, and a consortium of such entities are encouraged to apply for funds to train current and newly hired workers. You may use a training provider of your choice. While we fund the majority of training content, courses that a company is legally mandated to provide (such as OSHA training) are not eligible for funding under this program. Training programs must be completed within two years.
Express Program Training Grants
Businesses that contribute to the Workforce Training Fund are eligible to apply for an Express Grant. Grant funds are limited to $30,000 per company per calendar year and $3,000 per employee per course. If approved, the WTFP will reimburse you for up to 50% of the actual cost of training.
NEW companies with over 100 employees can NOW apply for Express Grants
The Small Business Direct Access Program
MassMEP has been awarded The Small Business Direct Access Program Workforce Training Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These trainings’ will be offered at no cost to Massachusetts Manufacturing companies under 100 employees. Included in the grant are training workshops Value Stream Mapping, Team Involvement Problem Solving, ISO Internal Auditor Training, Building a Successful Lean Team, Pre-Lean ESOL, Principles of Lean Manufacturing, 5S Kaizen, Principles of Lean Office, Principles of Lean Management with Kata and Quality Improvement.
About MassMEP
Established as a non-profit in 1996, MassMEP is dedicated to helping small to mid-sized manufacturers across Massachusetts in various parts of their businesses, with the ultimate goal of helping them to achieve growth. We leverage our team’s decades of industry experience, a national network of partners, and federal grant funding to help solve unique issues our clients are facing.
Our team works to provide recommendations to help your business improve production processes, upgrade technological capabilities and facilitate product innovation. We help you to develop an actionable plan and work with you through the implementation of that plan, ensuring sustainable growth and long-term profitability.
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Cost Savings
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$1.3 B
Increased and Retained Sales
What Our Clients Say
"The work we did with Rick and MassMEP was the catalyst for a long list of continuous improvement projects we've done. We have genuinely created a culture of innovation at Flexo Concepts and the work we did in manufacturing with Mass MEP was the foundation for much of the thinking and practices we use throughout the business to innovate and improve."
Greg Howell,
Flexo Concepts"The instructors were superb - extremely knowledgeable and very personable. They did an outstanding job. We haven’t as of yet fully realized the total benefit to be derived from the various classes."
Tom Brodeur,
K+K"This training was an essential part of changing the culture to a lean culture. It was very informative in helping to establish a core team of Lean Champions. Rick Budlong has an extensive knowledge in the training material as well as experience in manufacturing. He helped develop some of the process improvements that were initiated and led to cost savings. Nye will continue to use Mass Mep for future training."