Allocation: $90,000,000

This program helps unemployed and underemployed residents find employment by providing job training in skill areas related to recovery efforts.

WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM

The Workforce Training Program (WFT) supports entities throughout the Island to offer training in job skills related to the reconstruction and economic growth of Puerto Rico. Also in those skills necessary to situate the Island in the economy of the future.

It benefits people who are unemployed or under-employed, who will be able to find work thanks to the skills acquired through the program.

Some of the offerings are: Skills in tourism, proposal development, masonry, plumbing, business administration, solar panel installations, medical record management, among others.

Funds have been committed for technical assistance that will expand and strengthen the job training programs. These funds help selected entities to train students, as well as to offer new subjects or services to potential apprentices in Puerto Rico.

It allows the selected entities to expand their program offerings and/or build or improve the facilities where training programs are offered throughout the Island.

Transparency Portal

GUIDELINES

Program Guidelines (V5.0) -- Updated 05/02/2024

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Cross Cutting Guidelines (V4.0) -- Posted 11/04/2024

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INFORMATIVE MATERIAL

The selection process is now complete and we have committed CDBG-DR funds to entities focused on the economic development of Puerto Rico.

Meet the entities

Learn about the entities throughout the Island that are focused on developing the capabilities of Puerto Ricans under this program and strengthening the economy of Puerto Rico.

Visit their pages for more information about their courses and enrollment process.

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Subrecipient Name	Project Name	Service	Town	Contact
UPR Humacao	Programa de Capacitación Laboral	Salud, Empresarismo, Autogestión, Tecnología de la Información (TIC), Cuidador geriático, Terapia ocupacional, Terapia física, Autogestión, Horticultura, Ecoturismo, Museología, Diseño gráfico, Redacción de propuestas, Facturación de Planes Médicos.	Yabucoa, Patillas, Juncos, Humacao, Ceiba, Naguabo, Gurabo, Las Piedras	787-850-9304caplaboral-cdbg.uprh@upr.eduhttps://www.upr.edu
UPRM	CRECEN UPRM (Capacitación Estratégica mediante Resiliencia, Competitividad y Expansión en los Negocios)	Gerencia de proyecto, Gerencia en recursos humanos, Contribuciones-Individuos, Análisis y planes de mercadeo, Mercadeo Digital, ADOF, Comunicación Comercial, Planes de Negocios, Tienda Virtual con Shopify, Creación de Contenido con Canva y PMP.	Aguadilla, Aguada, Añasco, Moca, Iasbela, Quebradilla, Hatillo, San Sebastián, Las Marías, Maricao, Sabana Grande, Lajas, San Germán, Hormigueros, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Mayagüez, Rincón, Guánica, Lares	787-832-4040 exts. 5314, 2010, 5335crecen@uprm.eduhttps://www.uprm.edu/crecen/https://linktr.ee/CRECEN.UPRM/

Take the opportunity to develop your skills and
strengthen them to continue contributing to Puerto Rico!

TRANSPARENCY PORTAL

Learn more about the progress of this program on the Transparency Portal

Glossary

Approved allocation pending funds	Available budget	Available uncommitted	Available committed
Amount of CDBG-DR funds assigned to Puerto Rico that have not been released by the United States Federal Government for the use of the local government.	Amount of CDBG-DR funds that are available for the use of the Government of Puerto Rico.	Amount of CDBG-DR funds available for the use of the Government of Puerto Rico that has not been committed to any recovery activity.	Amount of CDBG-DR funds available for the use of the Government of Puerto Rico that has already been committed to some recovery activity.
Program Information
Total applications	Total subrecipients agreements	Executed agreements	Pending execution
Received applications submitted by participants of the program.	Applications to which funds will be granted to fulfill the program purposes.	Participants applications who have already been funds awarded to the Program.	Applications from eligible participants soon to be awarded by the program.

Entity types
Applicant information
Not profit organizations	University	Municipalities	PR Government
Organizations where all the money earned and or received its used in keeping the business running and not to profit the owners.	Higher education institutions that are constituted from several faculties.	Political-administrative units that make decisions within national state level of a single town.	Commonwealth that is divided into three branches: the executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is represented and directed by the governor.

Subrecipients agreements
Round 1	Round 2		Round 3
First time that funds were awarded to the selected institutions according to the amount of money that has been certified in that instance ($20,000.000).	Second time in which fund were granted to selected institutions according to the amount of money that had been certified in that instance ($20,000.000).		Total amount awarded to entities in the third round after covering administrative expenses ($50,000.000).

Awards total
First Round - $18,838,046	Second Round - $12,918,399		Third Round - $52,499,037
Total amount awarded to entities in the first round after covering administrative expenses.	Total amount awarded to entities in the second round after covering administrative expenses.		Total amount awarded to entities in the third round after covering administrative expenses.

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Workforce Training

WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM

INFORMATIVE MATERIAL

Meet the entities

TRANSPARENCY PORTAL

Learn more about the progress of this program on the Transparency Portal

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