The California Employment Training Panel (ETP) provides funding for Latino businesses to develop a competitive workforce. The Panel reimburses employers for training costs.

The ETP gives priority to training programs that:

• Result in the growth of the California economy by stimulating exports from the State, and the production of goods and services that would otherwise be imported from outside the State

• Train new employees of firms locating or expanding in the State that provide highly skilled, high-wage earners, and are committed to an ongoing investment in the training of frontline workers

• Develop workers with skills that prepare them for the challenges of a high performance workplace

Those who are eligible to contract with ETP for training funding include:

• For-profit employers covered by the Unemployment Insurance system

• Non-profit employers who pay the employment training tax

• Organizations and agencies with successful track records

• Workforce Investment Boards (WIB)