The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) approved Job Training Incentive Program funding in October to six businesses in Albuquerque, Santa Teresa, Sunland Park, and Los Alamos to add employees or train existing workers with modernized skills, EDD Cabinet Secretary-Designate Rob Black announced October 24.
The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) reimburses companies for training new employees and interns in qualifying jobs and for training current staff wishing to improve their skills for potential promotion through the Step Up Program. JTIP focuses on high-wage jobs and incentivizes hiring employees in rural areas, as well as for veterans and recent New Mexico higher education graduates. To learn more, visit the JTIP webpage here.
Since Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took office in 2019 the JTIP program has awarded over $65 million for job training to 225 companies in 25 New Mexico counties.
Among the companies that received funds in October is UbiQD, Inc., Los Alamos, for 5 trainees at an average wage of $48.33 for a total award of $139,730.
UbiQD is powering product innovation in agriculture, clean energy, and security. Their quantum dots enable products that harness the power of color and light, and their greenhouse technology, UbiGro, uses fluorescence to create a more optimal greenhouse spectrum for crops. The company's first commercial product, UbiGro, is a luminescent layer of light that uses fluorescence to create a more optimal greenhouse spectrum for crops. The film shifts the colors of sunlight to make plants grow faster and improve crop yield.
Source: Los Alamos Reporter