Grant-in-Aid Program

The Grant-in-Aid Program allows Bluegrass State Skills Corporation to administer and fund Kentucky’s industry-specific training efforts through grants approved by the BSSC Board of Directors; to act as a broker of skills training and employment services; to facilitate and fund new training programs; and to administer any special state appropriations for industry-specific training. Its purpose is to improve and promote employment opportunities for Kentucky residents. The BSSC has the following programs available to meet a companies workforce training needs: Competitive Grant-in-Aid (GIA) and; Competitive Grant-in-Aid (Consortia). For detailed information on each of these programs, refer to our Grant-in-Aid Guidelines .

Skills Investment Credit

The Skills Training Investment Credit Act is an economic development initiative which aids existing companies in their efforts to develop a skilled workforce. It allows companies to recover 50 percent of their approved costs for occupational and skills upgrade training costs through an income tax credit limited to $500 per Kentucky resident employed, not to exceed $100,000 per company per biennium. For detailed information, refer to our Skills Training Investment Credit Guidelines .

BSSC Application Deadlines and Meeting Dates

Note: All applications must be on the current FY 2011 Form. The Earliest applications may be submitted to our office for the Fiscal Year 2011-12 is May 16, 2011. Any applications received prior to May 16, 2011 will not be processed.

The schedule for submission date deadlines of tax credits and grant applications and BSSC Board of Directors meetings for the current Fiscal Year are as follows:

BSSC reserves the right to schedule, reschedule or cancel a board meeting.

Applications and other BSSC forms and samples can be viewed by clicking on the link below. To view information regarding the Training Provider Directory click on the Training Provider link below.