Laid off or furloughed? Need money for books, childcare, supplies, or tuition? Worker Retraining (WRT) provides funding for training that leads to in-demand family-wage jobs. This funding does not need to be repaid.
Additionally, Peninsula College's Professional Technical Programs, Bachelor's Degrees (BAS) Programs, and our high school completion program expenses can be paid through Worker Retraining funding.
What Services Can Worker Retraining Provide?
- Funding for Tuition, Fees, Books, and Supplies
- Career Counseling
- Assistance applying for other funding resources
- Referrals to community and wraparound services
- Job search assistance
- Childcare assistance
Who Can Receive Help From Worker Retraining Funding?
- You have been laid off or furloughed.
- Currently receiving or eligible to receive unemployment benefits.
- Unemployed and exhausted unemployment benefits within the past 48 months.
- Displaced homemaker, a person who is unemployed or underemployed who has recently lost his or her primary source of income due to a separation, divorce, death, or permanent disability of the main wage earner within the past 48 months.
- Self-employed, now unemployed within the past 48 months.
- Discharged veterans within the past 48 months.
- Active-duty military with a notice of separation.
- Temporary workers who were dislocated from a previous job.
- Vulnerable Workers (at risk of becoming unemployed) who meet two of the three criteria below:
- Your Job is not in demand—Review the local area Demand/Decline Occupations list for verification.
- You do not have 45 college credits.
- You must upgrade your skills to remain employed in your current job.
Contact Information
Questions? Need more information? Please contact Peninsula College's WorkForce Programs:
Colleen Vekich
(360) 417-6357
cvekich@pencol.edu