Worker Retraining

The State Worker Retraining Program provides access to training and funding support to laid off, unemployed and dislocated workers in the State of Washington.

Am I Eligible?

• Facing a layoff and eligible to collect unemployment benefits.
• Currently collecting unemployment benefits.
• Exhausted unemployment benefits within past 48 months.
• Displaced Homemakers (dependent on income of another family member and no longer supported by that income).
• Self-employed and now unemployed.
• Honorably discharged veteran within the past 48 months.
• Active Duty Military with an official order of separation.
• Stop-Gap employment (temporary work accepted only because of layoff or termination due to no fault of your own).

Services

• Tuition assistance
• Required textbooks and supplies for classes
• Educational planning and advising