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Here’s a number most trade school owners have never seen:

$5,000 per employee.

That’s what Indiana will pay an employer back for every worker they train and keep. Up to $50,000 per employer.

And the training can come from you.

It’s called the Next Level Jobs Employer Training Grant. Nearly 30,000 Hoosiers have been trained through it. Very few of them went to a private trade school.

How it works

• An Indiana employer picks an eligible job in one of six priority sectors. Think manufacturing, construction, healthcare, IT, logistics, and agriculture.

• The employer builds a training plan with a provider. That can be you.

• The training has to be occupational skills training, over 40 hours, tied to an approved middle-skill job.

• The worker can be a new hire or a current employee.

• The employer keeps them 6 months from the start of training.

• Then the state reimburses up to $5,000 per worker.

10 workers × $5,000 = $50,000 back to one employer.

Trainees earn over $4,000 more after training, too. That’s your pitch to the worker and the boss.

Here’s the part nobody shares with you

The employer does not have to use a community college.

They can use a provider on the state’s Eligible Training Provider List or a third-party provider.

If your program runs over 40 hours and lines up with a high-demand job, you’re in the game.

Your first 5 steps

1. Match your programs to the list. Pull up the eligible occupations by sector. Circle every job your programs train for.

2. Find 5 employers that hire for those jobs. Manufacturers and HVAC, electrical, and plumbing shops are a great place to start.

3. Build a training plan template. Program name, hours, skills covered, and the job it leads to. Make it copy-and-paste easy.

4. Walk the employer through the portal. They create an Access Indiana account, submit an interest form, then add a training plan.

5. Call your regional ETG contact. Every region has one. Introduce your school and ask what employers near you are already asking for.

Fair warning

This is where schools lose the money.

• The employer applies, not you. If they drop the ball, nobody gets paid.

• The 6-month clock starts on day one of training. If a worker quits early, that $5,000 is gone.

• There’s one invoice, and it comes at the end. It’s due once everyone hits 6 months, within 14 days of the agreement end date. Miss that window and it’s a problem.

• Your training plan has to prove it’s occupational skills. Soft skills alone won’t fly.

• The employer pays first. You need a deal structure that works while they wait months for reimbursement.

Big payout. Long timeline. Easy to mess up.

Not in Indiana? Use this script

A lot of states reimburse employers for training new hires they keep. Call your state workforce agency and say:

“Hi, my name is ___. I run ___, a trade school in ___. I’m looking for state programs that reimburse employers when they train and retain new or current workers.

1. Does our state have an employer training grant like Indiana’s Next Level Jobs?

2. Can a private or third-party training provider deliver the training?

3. How much per worker, and is there a cap per employer?

4. How long does the worker have to stay employed before the employer gets paid?

5. Who’s the contact for employers in my region?”

Write down the name of the program and the regional contact. That’s your next call.

Until next time, control what YOU can control, take action on something, and don’t forget to smile.

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