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Learning to work. New Idaho job training program helps businesses lower training costs

February 14, 2006 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Simplification and bureaucracy are not words that often go together, but a new on-the-job training program to help qualified businesses reduce the cost of training new employees is now available in Idaho.

The Idaho Commerce & Labor program is funded through the Workforce Investment Act and will reimburse businesses an average of $1,500 to $2,000 per employee for training costs for hiring eligible disadvantaged workers and those facing barriers to employment.

What’s more, the paperwork required has been reduced to make it more user friendly.

By RICK THOMAS
Staff writer

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