Workforce

Job Training

Maine provides 100% state-financed training for new employees designed to employer specifications through the Maine Quality Centers and offers employers partial reimbursement of training costs for upgrading the skills of new or existing employees through the Governor’s Training Initiative (GTI). Maine also offers apprenticeship programs.

The Opportunity Maine Program provides a state income tax credit for student loan payments made by degree earners who live, work and pay taxes in Maine following graduation. Alternatively, the tax credit would be available to Maine businesses that make their employees’ educational loan payments.