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Background Since 1989 Massachusetts has been sponsoring Entrepreneurial Training Programs (ETP) for dislocated workers statewide using job training funds provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Initial funding for the first demonstration project came under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).  The demonstration project, begun in Pittsfield at Berkshire Enterprises, was so successful that the program was replicated throughout the state and continued with funds from the same source until the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) replaced JTPA in 2000.  The program then became part of the statewide Rapid Response effort to provide re‑employment services to dislocated workers under WIA

For more information, please contact Peg Ryan  at 617 626-5703 or Email at PRyan@detma.org.