WDC Grants and Scholarships

The Workforce Development Center (WDC) offers several grants and scholarship opportunities to future and current students. These funds are dedicated to specific courses and programs. Please contact the WDC team for eligibility questions and how to apply.

The TechCred program supports workforce development efforts in Ohio by reimbursing employers who upgrade their workers’ skills.

• Employers can be reimbursed up to $2,000 per employee if their employees complete eligible technology-focused credentials.
• Designated providers of credentials include universities, community colleges like Cincinnati State and the colleges’ Workforce Development Center (WDC).
• Eligible credentials must be short-term programs of less than 30 credit hours (or 900 clock hours) that can be completed in 12 months or less.

Audience: Future Students, Ohio residents only, needs-based.

The Cincinnati State Short Term Certificate Grant program provides eligible students with grants of up to $2,000 to cover tuition and fees for short-term certificate programs.

See the list of qualifying short-term certificates below.

• Short term certificate programs typically take less than one year to complete.
• Short term certificate programs provide skills needed to get started in a new career or earn a promotion.
• Many short-term certificate programs include classes that earn college credit and provide a start to earning an associate’s degree. 

Who is eligible?

• You must be an Ohio resident.
• You must meet qualifications for financial need based on federal guidelines.
• If you are currently enrolled in an associate’s degree program that includes certificates as part of the degree, you are not eligible for the Short Term Certificate Grant.

How to apply:

Complete the Short Term Certificate Grant Application. It’s free and takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

For more information:

Call the Cincinnati State Workforce Development Center at (513) 569-1643.

Cincinnati State Certificate Programs qualified for a Short Term Certificate Grant:

Program	Campus Offered
Additive Manufacturing Technician	Evendale
Advanced Surveying	Clifton
Brewing Sales and Marketing	Clifton
Certified Logistics Associate	Evendale
CNC Machine Tool Programmer (Machine Operator 1)	Evendale
Community Health Worker	Clifton
Computer Software Development	Clifton
Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology	Clifton
Emergency Medical Technician	Evendale, Clifton
Health Unit Coordinator	Clifton
Industrial Controls and Instrumentation	Evendale
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt	Evendale
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt	Evendale
Mechanical Engineering Technology – Manufacturing CNC	Clifton
Mechanical Engineering Technology – Computer-Aided Design	Clifton
Mechatronics Certificate	Evendale
Short Term Welding Certificate	Clifton
Solar PV Installer/Photovoltaic Systems	Evendale
State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA)	Clifton & Evendale
Supply Chain Management Certificate	Clifton
Web and Multimedia Design Certificate	Clifton

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in Workforce Development Center Advanced Manufacturing or Industrial Maintenance programs.

Cincinnati State Community College has been awarded a grant to boost advanced manufacturing in the state of Ohio. The MEEP Department of Defense grant is intended to boost the knowledge and expertise of program participants in the following programs: Additive Manufacturing Technician: 3D Printing for Industry, CNC Machine Tool Operator, CNC Machine Tool Programmer, Mechatronics Technician Certificate, Robotics Technician Certificate, Industrial Controls & Instrumentation Certificate, Industrial Electrical Technician Certificate, Programmable Logic Controller Certificate, and Machine Maintenance Technician.

Participants of these programs are eligible for partial tuition funding. The only requirement to receive this partial funding is that participants sign a program consent form authorizing the MEEP-DoD program to report on their participation in their certificate program. Contact the Workforce Development Center for the consent form.

Questions? Contact Joe Sack, Project Manager, for more details.

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in a short-term certificate program (less than 30 credit hours). Students must be Ohio residents. The student must be a recipient, current or former, of foster care.

The Foster Youth Grant program provides eligible students with grants of up to $2,000 to cover tuition and fees for short-term certificate programs.

• Short term certificate programs typically take less than one year to complete.
• The certificate must lead to or direct the student toward an industry-recognized credential for an in-demand job.

Who is eligible?

• You must have been, or currently in, the foster care system in the state of Ohio.
• You must be an Ohio resident.

For additional information about the Foster Care Youth certificate grant, please visit: http://bit.ly/2NDLNf2

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in the Additive Manufacturing Technician Program*

Partial grants are available to help cover course fees. Please contact Jerry.Whitaker@cincinnatistate.edu to learn more.

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in an Industrial Maintenance Technology Programs*

Partial grants are available to help cover course fees in Industrial Maintenance Programs. Please contact Jason.Hendrickson@cincinnatistate.edu to learn more.

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in an Advanced Manufacturing Programs*

Partial grants are available to help cover course fees in Advanced Manufacturing Programs. Please contact Jerry.Whitaker@cincinnatistate.edu to learn more.

Audience: Future and continuing students enrolled in any Workforce Development Center Program*

Partial grants are available to help cover course fees. Please contact askWDC@cincinatistate.edu to learn more.

*Eligibility, restrictions and limitations may apply