1. Skills for Small Business
Training Small Businesses in Texas!
Texas Workforce Commission
Skills Development Fund
(toll free)

2. The Basics
Targets private for profit businesses that employs at least 1 & not more than 99
The program pays tuition & fees up to $1,800 for new employees.
Up To $900 for existing employees, per 12-month period
New employees are those hired up to 12 months prior to application date
Select courses from catalogs for public community or technical colleges, or TEEX
**Applicants must be private, for-profit businesses

3. Workforce development Boards
TWC also partners with 28 Workforce Development Boards located statewide to further assist businesses with solutions to its workforce needs.
**Applicants must be private, for-profit businesses

4. Who is Eligible? Full-time, permanent employees W-2
New or incumbent workers
Making the prevailing wage (College will check for you)

5. What types of courses are funded?
Credit
Continuing Education
Online
Training that improves your business’s operations!

6. Sample Courses Microsoft & Windows 7 Lean Manufacturing
Quickbooks
Microsoft & Windows 7
Website Development
Workplace Spanish/ESL
Medical Coding
Business Administration
Accounting, Bookkeeping
Customer Service
Revit & CAD Drafting
Lean Manufacturing
Human Resource Management
OSHA & Hazmat Certification
Intro to Instrumentation
Diesel Mechanics
HVAC
Solar Thermal Installation
Electrical Certifications

7. What’s not funded?
Not relevant
Leisure
Meant to help attain a degree.

8. How does it work? 1 2
$$$ 3

9. Contact your college First!
Where do I Start?
Contact your college First!

10. Find your college’s course catalog

11. Skills for Small Business APPLICATION

13. ADDITIONAL GRANT RESOURCES
Skills Development Fund Grant (SDF)
Self Sufficiency Fund (SSF)
High Demand Job Training (HDJT)
Texas Industry Partnership (TIP)
Jobs and Education for Texans (JET)
Recruit Texas

14. texasworkforce.org/skillsforsmallbusiness
CONTACT INFORMATION
Matt Sniadecki
Program Analyst
(512)
texasworkforce.org/skillsforsmallbusiness