| Formal Name: | Nebraska Worker Training Board |
| Contact Person: | Steve Porr |
| Purpose: | Expand the Nebraska workforce by increasing the pool of highly skilled workers; support public and private job training programs designed to train, retrain or upgrade the skills of existing Nebraska workers of for-profit and non-profit businesses; recruit workers to Nebraska; train new employees of expanding Nebraska businesses. |
| How Many Affectable: | Varies - depends on the number of grants awarded. |
| How Many Served: | Last year (7119-63020) 152 grants awarded and 3,353 workers trained. |
| Year Created: | LB 1337 was enacted January 1, 1996. |
| Year Active: | 1998 to present |
| Sunset Date: | None |
| Authorization Citation: | NeBraska Revised Statutes 48-622.02 and 48-622.03 |
| Parent Agency: | Nebraska Department of Labor |
| Number Of Members: | Seven (7) |
| Who Appoints: | Governor |
| Legislative Approval: | No |
| Qualifications Of Members: | Commissioner of Labor or his or her designee;Commissioner of Education or his or her designee;Director of Economic Development or his or her designee;Executive Director, Nebraska Community College Association;An Employer's representative;An Employees' representative;A Public representative. |
| Per Diem: | No |
| Expense Reimbursement: | Mileage |
| Term Length: | Three years for public members. Government officials serve at the pleasure of the Governor. |
| Terms Rotate or Expire At Once: | Terms Rotate |
| Required FY 17-18: | Four (4) |
| Held FY 17-18: | Five (5) |
| Required FY 18-19: | Four (4) |
| Held FY 18-19: | Five (5) |
| Required FY 19-20: | Four (4) |
| Held FY 19-20: | Six (6) |
| Support Staff: | Two - Program coordinator and Administrative assistant. NDOL Legal and Finance charge to program as needed. |
| Shared or Separate: | Parent Agency - Nebraska Department of Labor |
| FY 17-18 Budget: | Administrative - $142,603; Grants - $1,600,000. |
| FY 18-19 Budget: | Administrative - $142,603; Grants - $1,600,000. |
| FY 19-20 Budget: | Administrative $147,636; Grants $1,600,000. |
| Other Funding Sources: | None |
| Spending Authority: | Nebraska Revised Statutes 48-622.02 |
| Since July 1, 2016: | Funded 729 grants totaling $3,628,123 to train over 20,600 Nebraska workers. Among those funded:A grant to create a curriculum and hire an instructor at Central Community College for plastic injection molding utilized by Becton Dickinson in anticipation of their Nebraska expansion.A grant to Pathways 2 Tomorrow, a joint effort of Northeast CC, Wayne State, Eight school districts and 16 communities in the West Point area to develop high school and college courses to meet the needs of local businesses.Twenty-four apprenticeship grants totaling over $726,000.A grant to the Westside Foundation to expand weldingfabrication instruction in the Omaha community. |