The Quick Response Training Program (QRT) provides grant funding for customized training for new or expanding businesses. Through this employer-driven program, Florida is able to effectively retain and attract businesses creating new high-quality jobs.

The EDC will assist with application and program development or delivery of this incentive.  In order to participate in the program, the project must:

• Be “for profit” and create new, permanent, full-time (35+ hours per week) jobs for Florida workers requiring customized entry-level skills training not available at the local level
  
• 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
  
• Produce an exportable (beyond regional markets) good or service

Qualifying companies may use in-house training, outside vendor training programs or a local educational entity to provide training. Reimbursable training expenses include: instructors'/trainers' wages, curriculum development, and textbooks/manuals. This program is customized, flexible, and responsive to individual company needs.

For additional information on the QRT  program, other available incentives and/or assistance in indentifying sites, contact Gregory J. Weiner, Senior Director, Business Development at 1.800.535.0203 or by email at gweiner@SpaceCoastEDC.org.

Incentives, programs and tax benefits are available subject to qualification according to the enabling legislation, or administrative guidelines, as may be applicable. Inclusion is for information purposes and does not constitute an offer.