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EMPLOYER PROGRAMS

Business Partner Program

Become a member of the Career Exploration & Development Business Partner Program. Your membership provides options to promote your organization, engage with our students, design and implement special events, and gain recognition as a Business Partner.

The membership lasts for a full year from January 1 through December 31 and the cost is tax deductible. The Career Exploration & Development team will ensure your benefits are being used most effectively. We appreciate our Business Partners’s commitment to the career development growth of Angelina College students and helping us prepare them for the workplace!

More Opportunities for Employers

Businesses can gain support and funding for the training needs for their new and incumbent employees through Angelina College and the Texas WorkForce Commission’s (TWC) Skills for Small Business program and Skills Development fund. Read more below about how to partner with us and information about funding programs.

Texas Workforce Commission

Employer Opportunities

Skills for Small Business Program

Are you a small business in need of funds to support training for new workers or to help upgrade the skills of incumbent workers?

The Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Skills for Small Business program supports Texas businesses with fewer than 100 employees with their training needs.

Targeted to businesses with less than 100 employees
The program pays up to $2,000 for each new full-time employee being trained and $1,000 for existing full-time employees per 12-month period.
Training must be selected from active course catalogs/schedules—credit and continuing education. No third-party vendor training is allowed.
All training must be provided by a public community or technical college, or TEEX.

For specific information regarding the Skills for Small Business program, CLICK HERE.

Skills Development Fund

Are you a business in need of funds to support training for new workers or to help upgrade the skills of incumbent workers?

The Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Skills Development Fund program supports Texas businesses with their training needs.

Targeted to businesses without a restriction on the number employees
The program pays up to $2,000 for each full-time employee being trained.
Both technical and non-technical training can be included in the grant
Training can be facilitated by Angelina College, 3rd party vendor, or by internal company employees
Training can be customized to meet the specific needs of the business
Training budget is limited to $500,000

For specific information regarding the Skills Development Fund, CLICK HERE.

Texas Workforce Commission

Visit the Texas Workforce Commission’s website for more information about the Skills Development Fund HERE.

Texas Workforce Commission

Funding Eligibility requirements

Be a private for profit or private non-profit business.
Be liable to pay Unemployment Insurance and in compliance with the reporting and payment requirement.
Pay your employees the prevailing wages in the local labor market for employees receiving training.
Additional eligibility requirements may apply

Contact Angelina College for more information on how to apply.
Lex Hernandez
lhernandez@angelina.edu
936-633-3217

Angelina College provides education and employment opportunities without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Angelina College complies with the Americans with Disabilities and Veterans Act.

Employers and other sponsors are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination as described in regulation DIA of the Angelina College policy and procedures manual.

Take the Next Step - Contact Us

Lex Hernandez
Workforce Development Advisor
lhernandez@angelina.edu
936-633-3217

Alexandria Barney
Director of Career and Transfer Connections
(Employer Contact)
hbarney@angelina.edu
(936) 671-7372

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