Welding Training Available Now

Empowering Displaced Workers

The Central Workforce Development Region is excited to assist in empowering unemployed and underemployed Missourians to access sustainable careers in welding. 

Who is providing the funding for this program? 

Funding is provided through the QUEST grant (Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy and Training), which exists soley for those who have been laid off or lost their jobs.

The Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST) Disaster Recovery National Dislocated
Worker Grant (DWG) is a collaborative effort to: (1) provide career and training services to
workers affected by the pandemic and historically marginalized and underserved population and
(2) Supportive Services to move individuals into high-quality jobs.

What does the grant support? 

The grant will support unemployed and underemployed Missourians to access, return to, or advance in high-quality jobs in infrastructure, environment and climate, the care economy, and other critical and growing industries.

The Central Region will focus solely on the career pathway of welding. 

How do I qualify? 

To determine eligibility, you will meet with a WIOA Case Manager, who will walk you through the application process. Once all documentation is properly processed, eligibility usually moves pretty quickly. 

What is WIOA? 

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is landmark legislation that is designed to strengthen and improve our nation’s public workforce system and help get Americans, including youth and those with significant barriers to employment, into high-quality jobs and careers and help employers hire and retain skilled workers. You can learn more about WIOA here.