Supporting Employees

If you have employees enrolled in higher education, you can support them by providing on-site resources:

• Allow employees to use computers/other resources to complete coursework
• Establish employee-to-employee mentoring/goal setting on attaining higher education
• Link employees to resources available from outside sources/agencies:
• Show employees how they can finance/save for education through College Savings Accounts, including:
  • LifeLong Learning Accounts (LiLA’s)
  • Family Development Accounts
  • Harold Alfond College Challenge Grant – $500
    Available for children born after January 1, 2009
    Scholarships is to start a NextGen® account.
• Create flexible scheduling opportunities to fit school schedule into work schedule
• Tax Credits for college costs
• Scholarships
• Actively help employees seek scholarships and financial aid by booking College for ME-Androscoggin’s PAL for a workshop
• Reimburse tuition costs and/or books and/or other incurred expenses
• Learn while you earn – pay for employees tuition, when they are hired; employee then pays back costs through long-term payroll deduction
• Host classes on-site for employees
• Apply unused earned-time off to costs of college/professional certification
• Participate in C4ME-A Employer-to-Employer Support Workshops
• Adopt an education and training support policy (for your current and prospective employees!)