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Contact: Thomas Wesley, chair, steering
committee, info@macwic.org
Founded: 2012
Mass Export Center
State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza,
Suite 3730, Boston, MA 02116
617-973-8664; mass.gov/export
Description: Export assistance including
counseling, overseas trade shows and offices,
educational tools, on-demand training modules,
video guides and workbooks
How to take advantage: Training and events
calendar: http://www.mass.gov/export/events.
htm
training registration questions, 413-545-6309
or contact regional director
Funding: State agency
Contact: Julia Dvorko, Central Massachusetts
regional director, 508-929-8844, dvorko@
isenberg.umass.edu
Mass Tech Collaborative Innovation
Institute
75 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581
508-870-0312; masstech.org
Description: Supporter of industry-based
growth initiatives in the digital economy and the
economic structures of under served regions
How to take advantage: Partnerships with
area university grant winners
Funding: State agency
Contact: engage@masstech.org
Founded: 2003
Massachusetts Executive Office for
Administration and Finance, Vocational
School Equipment Grants
Massachusetts State House Room 373
Boston, MA 02133, 617-727-2040; mass.gov
Description: Grants to purchase equipment
in order to prepare students for a modern
workforce
How to take advantage: Follow grant
program guidelines: http://www.mass.gov/hed/
community/funding/capital-skills-grant-faq.pdf
Funding: State agency
Contact: Elizabeth Guyton, Governor's office
liaison, elizabeth.guyton@state.ma.us
Founded: 2012
Massachusetts Labor and Workforce
Development, Work Opportunity Tax
Credit Program (WOTC)
19 Staniford St., Boston, MA 02114
617-626-5353; mass.gov/lwd/employment-
services/one-stop-career-centers/special-
programs/wotc-program.html
Description: Federal incentives for hiring
veterans, food stamp recipients, ex-felons,
vocational rehabilitation referrals, summer
youth employees and more
How to take advantage: IRS Form 8850,
Pre-Screening Notice and Certification Request
for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, by the
date of the job offer; and page 2 after the
individual is hired. Employers can obtain copies
of IRS 8850 by visiting www.irs.gov/form8850
or calling 1-800-829-3676. ETA Form 9061,
Individual Characteristics Form, if the new hire
has not been given an ETA Form 9062; OR ETA
Form 9062, Conditional Certification Form, if
provided to the job seeker by a Participating
Agency, a SWA, or a Vocational Rehabilitation
Agency. Employers can obtain copies of
ETA 9061/9062 by visiting www.doleta.gov/
business/incentives/opptax/forms.cfm. The
employer and the job seeker must sign the
Form 8850, under penalty of perjury, attesting
that the job seeker is a member of a target
group. The employer then forwards the forms to
the Department of Career Services no later than
the 28th day after the job seeker begins work
Funding: Federal tax credit incentive
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
1000 Winter St., Suite 2900
Waltham, MA 02451
781-373-7777; masslifesciences.com
Description: A quasi-public agency that
implements the Massachusetts Life Sciences
Initiative through programs including tax
incentives, small business matching grants,
internship challenge and STEM equipment and
supplies grants
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