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PROGRAM
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OJT PROGRAM
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults
SERVICES PROVIDED: On-the-job training or internships, job search, wage subsidy, skills upgrading, skills retraining, and entry-level skills training
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: Department of Labor
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: Local Chambers of Commerce selected by Request for Proposal (RFP)
SOURCE OF FUNDING: State
AUTHORIZATION: State Budget
DESCRIPTION: Provides grants to local chambers of commerce which support local businesses by supplementing a program participant's wages during a designated training period. Currently, 7 chambers have funded programs.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1996
(1996-97)
1997
(1997-98)
1998
(1998-99)
1999
(1999-00)
2000
(2000-01)
APPROPRIATIONS($): 856,000 862,500 868,700 868,800 872,000
NUMBER ENROLLED: 270 total; 65 veterans; 175 economically disadvantaged 267 total; 69 veterans; 141 economically disadvantaged 271 total; 62 veterans; 202 economically disadvantaged 276 total; 39 veterans; 134 economically disadvantaged
OUTCOME DATA: 251 completed; 218 retained on the job after 30 days 242 completed; 233 retained on the job after 30 days 243 completed; 233 retained on the job after 30 days 253 completed; 234 retained on the job after 30 days
CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: MARGARET M. MOREE, Department of Labor
PHONE NUMBER: 518-457-0380