Maine Quality Centers
Maine Community College System
The Maine Quality Centers program offers grants to help fund employee training for Maine businesses that are new, expanding, or in need of new skills for their incumbent workforce. Customized training services are delivered through one of Maine’s seven community colleges on-site at the business or at one of our campus locations. Short-term workforce training funded under the grant concentrate on these five areas: healthcare, hospitality, trades, construction, and manufacturing. Some examples of popular topics include supervisory skills, leadership academy, project management, time management, CNC machining, welding, lean principles, customer service, communication, teamwork, blueprint reading, high-pressure boiler operation, and hard and soft skills. The program is designed to ensure that Maine businesses have the qualified workers they need to succeed. In 2015, the Put ME to Work program was added to the offerings available under Maine Quality Centers. This new offering was established to create partnerships with private businesses/industry associations and Maine’s community colleges to create new training programs or enhance existing ones in high-demand fields.