If you're a for-profit Massachusetts business with 100 or fewer W-2 employees and a physical office, factory, or warehouse in MA, you almost certainly qualify. All for-profit MA companies pay into the Workforce Training Fund through unemployment contributions — that's what funds the grant. We help you confirm eligibility and gather the three required documents (Certificate of Good Standing, Certificate of Compliance, W-9) as part of intake.

You pay for each course as your employee completes it, then submit a reimbursement request to Commonwealth Corporation with the invoice and proof of payment. The state reimburses the full amount, up to the cap. We provide every document you need and walk you through the reimbursement submission for the first course at no charge.

By design. The WTFP Express Grant caps reimbursement at $300 per instructional hour, $3,000 per employee per course, and $15,000 per company per calendar year. The 5-course program is engineered to those exact thresholds: 10 hours × $300 = $3,000 per course, and 5 courses × $3,000 = $15,000 total. No overage, no out-of-pocket exposure for the trained employee.

Yes — a few ways. The $15,000 cap is per-company per-calendar-year, so you can train an additional employee in the next calendar year. Or you can pair the Express Grant with the WTFP General Program (now allowed simultaneously as of April 2026) for larger rollouts. Or you can fund additional trainees out-of-pocket. We'll help you map the path that fits your team.

No. Each course is independently registered with the state and can be reimbursed on its own. That said, the courses are designed to build sequentially — Course 2 assumes Course 1, Course 5 assumes 1 through 4 — so most participants complete the full program over 6 to 10 weeks.

Yes. WTFP rules require that employees be paid at their regular rate during all training hours, including assignments and pre-work. This is a non-negotiable part of the grant terms.