Skills Scholarship
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Skills Scholarship
Sometimes the best place to find the skill training you want may not be a community college. There may be a private training school or program that offers exactly what you’re looking for or is more convenient.
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The Michigan Skills Scholarship program is an opportunity to apply for up to a $1,500 state scholarship to help cover part of the tuition cost at a private training school or program if you are 25 years or older.
The Skills Scholarship application is full. This application is now closed. Visit our Community College page to learn more about attending your local, in-district community college tuition-free.
If you have already applied for a Michigan Skills Scholarship and have been accepted, the next step is to find the training program you'd like to apply for using the link you will receive with your Skills Scholarship acceptance. The number of scholarships is limited, so it is first come, first served.
If you need help finding an eligible training provider or program, see What can I study while I'm a Michigan Skills Scholarship student
- Find a Training Program
- Frequently Asked Questions
Eligible Training Provider Eligibility Requirements
Eligible Training Provider Eligibility Requirements
Act 68 of Public Acts of 2020 that creates the Reconnect Skills Scholarship limits the eligible training institutions that can offer programs to Skills Scholars to:
- For-profit or non-profit private organizations in Michigan
- Institutions that provide occupational training but not 4-year post-secondary degrees
- Providers listed on the state's eligible training provider list (Michigan Training Connect)
To be listed on Michigan Training Connect, you are legally required to be licensed as a proprietary school by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (CSCL), Licensing Division. Your license information will be verified with LARA. Full Michigan Eligible Training Provider List eligibility requirements.
Training institutions that are not eligible to participate in the Skills Scholarship program are those that:
- Are not located in Michigan
- Are public training organizations like community colleges, school district operated programs and city-run workforce training programs
- Offer four-year post-secondary degrees such as private colleges
- Not listed on the state eligible training provider list (Michigan Training Connect)
- Michigan Training Connect
Support
Have a question? We’re here to help. Call the Michigan Skills Scholarship help desk, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at (223) 221-0327 or send us an email at LEO-Reconnect@michigan.gov.
