TRAINING PROJECTS FOR WORKERS APPROVED

FRANKFORT, KY --The Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC) has approved $1,341,428.11 to support 43 skills training projects. 10 projects were approved using funds from the Kentucky Adult Education/Council on Postsecondary Education (a Workforce Alliance partner) for Workplace Essential Skills (WES) training. (WES training includes, but is not limited to, basic skills for communication, math, technology and problem solving.) The WES projects, valued at $169,375.40 will provide entry level, skills upgrade or related skills training for 1,997 trainees. 21 BSSC grant fund projects were approved valued at $633,483.00 for 1,359 trainees to receive entry level, skills upgrade or related skills training. 7 projects were preliminarily approved through BSSC's Skills Training Investment Credit program valued at $396,128.50 for 1,559 trainees to receive skills upgrade training. 5 Skills Training Investment Credit projects valued at $142,442.21 received final approval for tax credits to support skills upgrade training activities for 393 trainees.

Companies receiving grants and/or tax credits, the amount, number of trainees, and the provider of the training, are as follows:

Workplace Essential Skills Projects:

• Bowling Green - Afni, Inc., $9,837.50 for 53 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Corbin - CTA Acoustics, Inc., $24,880.00 for 505 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Danville - Central Kentucky Regional Jobs Training Consortium, $31,075.00 for 420 trainees -- Boyle County Schools
• Frankfort - R J Industries, LLC, $9,140.00 for 42 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Hawesville - Century Aluminum, $24,970.00 for 238 trainees -- ExecuTrain of Lexington
• Louisville - Safetran Systems, $1,800.00 for 25 trainees -- ExecuTrain of Louisville
• Owensboro - Owensboro Mercy Health System, $21,618.00 for 229 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Paducah - LYNX Services LLC, $20,168.90 for 265 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Versailles - United L-N Glass, $20,700.00 for 200 trainees -- ExecuTrain of Lexington
• Walton - Zotefoams, Inc., $5,186.00 for 20 trainees -- Carroll County Area Technology Center

BSSC Grant Fund Projects:

• Berea - Kentucky Steel Center, Inc., $23,400.00 for 36 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Cadiz - Carr Mitchell, Inc., $10,000.00 for 10 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Cox's Creek - Synergy Tool & Gauge, $9,035.00 for 20 trainees -- Kentucky State University
• Erlanger - Steinkamp Molding, LP, $25,000.00 for 13 trainees -- Carroll County Area Technology Center
• Frankfort - IDT Tools, Inc., $10,500.00 for 15 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Franklin - Harman/Becker Automotive Systems, $59,923.50 for 100 trainees -- Western Kentucky University
• Hawesville - Hancock County Industrial Training Consortium, $22,960.00 for 241 trainees - Independent Submission
• Lebanon - Lebanon Power and Apparatus Company, Inc., $22,400.00 for 14 trainees -- Marion County Area Technology Center
• Lewisport - Crescent Paper Tube Company, Inc., $13,000.00 for 7 trainees -- Carroll County Area Technology Center
• Lexington - The Jockey Club Technology Services, $25,000.00 for 22 trainees -- ExecuTrain of Lexington
• Lexington - The Jockey Club, $8,320.00 for 43 trainees -- ExecuTrain of Lexington
• London - Senture, $12,404.00 for 75 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Louisville - CQM Louisville Education Consortium, $57,175.00 for 100 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Louisville - Cymbion LLC, $13,534.50 for 6 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Madisonville - Autoliv North America, $140,800.00 for 100 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Morgantown - Pride Plastics of Morgantown, Inc., $6,975.00 for 6 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Murray - Murray Area Training Consortium, $35,660.00 for 238 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Richmond - Bluegrass Business Consortium, $74,998.50 for 251 trainees -- Eastern Kentucky University Special Program - Corbin
• Uniontown - Little Kentucky Smokehouse, LLC, $24,937.50 for 25 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Versailles - Energy Management and Services Company, $12,460.00 for 17 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Walton - Zotefoams, Inc., $25,000.00 for 20 trainees -- Carroll County Area Technology Center

Skills Training Investment Credit Projects - Preliminary Approval:

• Bowling Green - Afni, Inc., $34,865.50 for 53 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Corbin - CTA Acoustics, Inc., $100,000.00 for 495 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Elizabethtown - AP Technoglass, $88,459.00 for 511 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Frankfort - R J Industries, LLC, $18,000.00 for 8 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Hawesville - Weyerhaeuser Company, $98,231.50 for 380 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Russell Springs - Superior Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc., $44,072.50 for 95 trainees -- Independent Submission
• Uniontown - Jim David Meats, $12,500.00 for 17 trainees -- Independent Submission

Skills Training Investment Credit Projects - Final Approval:

• Danville - R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Inc., $24,331.52 for 46 trainees - Independent Submission
• Elizabethtown - AP Technoglass, $15,990.00 for 14 trainees - Independent Submission
• Florence - Balluff, Inc., $4,179.26 for 2 trainees - Carroll County Area Technology Center
• Versailles - Quebecor World, $55,659.49 for 309 trainees - Central Kentucky Technical College
• Winchester - Osram Sylvania, $42,281.94 for 22 trainees - Central Kentucky Technical College

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