RPC outlines workforce training programs offering free training and stipends

Commission staff described a workforce training program funded through a Work 6 grant that will run through Sept. 30 of next year and aims to provide training for roughly 100 participants in the region. The program will offer courses ranging from commercial driver’s license (CDL) training to construction trades, weatherization, phlebotomy and LNA training, with instruction provided by Stafford Resource and Vermont Adult Learning. Staff said towns looking for CDL drivers can use the program to fund training at no cost to the town or participant and that participants will receive stipends while in training.