Workforce Development
The Maine Department of Labor is supporting the work of Governor Baldacci's Workforce Cabinet and the
Maine Jobs Council to improve opportunities for workers
and businesses to succeed through workforce development. This page includes
information and links on Maine workforce development policy and initiatives.
For more information on Maine's workforce services for jobseekers or
employers, visit your local CareerCenter.
Improving Access to Higher Education
Competitive Skills Scholarship: Provides workers with a
grant to help them earn a degree or certificate in certain education or
training programs.
Lifelong
Learning Accounts: Helps workers and employers work
together to finance skill development and lifelong learning.
Prior Learning
Assessment: Allows students to obtain college credit for
training and skills obtained outside the classroom.
Maine Online Learning Initiative: Helps workers access online education and training programs in target industries. Qualified workers can even get some help paying for tuition.
On the Job Training / Apprenticeship
Governor's Training Initiative: Provides eligible
businesses with partial reimbursement of training costs for the hiring of
new employees, and/or retaining or upgrading their existing work force.
Registered Apprenticeship: Allows workers to learn
new skills through on-the-job training and related classroom instruction.
Pre-
apprenticeship: Includes two years of customized high
school academics coupled with on-the-job training during the junior and
senior years.
North
Star Alliance Initiative: An industry focused economic
development initiative devised to drive business and create jobs in
coastal Maine. The initiative includes business, R&D, education, and
workforce development centered on Maine's boatbuilding, marine, and
composite industries.
Maine Workforce Development Policy / Research
Policy Boards
Governor Baldacci's
Workforce Cabinet Policy board comprised of seven major
state departments and agencies to provide a forum in which to convene
businesses, economic development agencies, educational institutions,
workforce development service providers, and other community leaders to
collaboratively address and improve the broad range of workforce issues
facing Maine and its communities.
Maine Jobs Council:
Maine's statewide workforce investment board, which oversees the
implementation of workforce development programs in Maine.
Workforce Research
Trends and Implications for the Maine Workforce
: Report providing a broad overview of workforce
development issues and challenges.
Maine's Workforce Development System: Guide to education
and training programs in Maine.
Contact
For more information contact Garret Oswald at Garret.J.Oswald@Maine.gov or call (207) 621-5087.
