Worker Retraining
253-589-4311
www.cptc.edu/workforce-development/worker-retraining
The Washington Worker Retraining Program provides training and funding for unemployed workers who want to upgrade their skills or train for a new career. Worker Retraining support may be available if you meet any of the following:
- Facing a layoff and eligible to collect unemployment benefits.
- Currently collecting unemployment benefits.
- Exhausted unemployment benefits within the past 48 months.
- Displaced homemaker within the past 24 months.
- Self-employed and now unemployed with the past 24 months.
- Honorably discharged veteran within the past 48 months.
- Stop-gap employments.
- Active-duty military with an official order of separation.
Worker Retraining funds can be applied to tuition, books, and transportation.
For more information, please call or visit the Workforce Development Office in Bldg. 16, Rm. 105, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
What programs are covered?
- Any of CPTC’s High Wage/High Demand professional/technical programs
- Programs funded by Worker Retraining
- Bachelor degrees will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress according to CPTC’s financial aid policies. (Students must not be in financial aid suspension or in student loan default.)
What does the funding cover?
Tuition/fees, funding for books, and possible transportation assistance may be awarded for the first quarter. WRT funding is typically awarded for one quarter; you should have a funding plan for subsequent quarters. You are welcome to submit a WRT application even if you have already been awarded for one quarter; additional funding may be available to you on a case-by-case basis.
To Apply :
Contact the Workforce Development Office in Bldg. 16, Rm. 105, or at 253-589-4311.