QUICK RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM
TTY (via the Florida Relay
Service): 711
An equal opportunity employer/program.
Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals
with disabilities.
The Quick Response Training (QRT) application
process is designed as a collaborative effort between the business requesting
training, its chosen fiscal agent 00a community college, area technical
center or state university 00and the local economic development organization.
[See Florida Statutes 288.047(3)]. The Quick Response Training
Program is a state-funded grant program that provides funding to selected
businesses to train their new, full-time employees. Funding is
provided in the form of a performance based reimbursable grant, 24-month
maximum term. A business pays for pre-approved, direct training-related
costs, and is reimbursed by the State of Florida upon submission and
approval of required documentation.
The QRT program is designed to increase
the competitiveness of Florida businesses in the global economy.
All applications for new and expanding businesses creating new high-quality
jobs will be given equal consideration and are processed on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Please contact the Quick Response Training
Program office for assistance before submitting your proposal.
BUSINESSES APPLYING FOR FUNDING:
should create high-quality jobs paying an average annual wage of at least
115 percent of local or state private sector wages, whichever is lower, unless the business is located in a distressed urban or rural community, Enterprise/Empowerment Zone, or brownfield area (
