• Backfill, benefits or overtime
• Reimbursement for KP salary expenses, e.g. program management or instructors
• Travel, food, or lodging expenses

The Regions should utilize any available funds (i.e. tuition reimbursement, education leave, grant funding) before utilizing Trust funds.

Programs shall have regional management and local union support and, when possible, leverage best practices across regions.

Program participants must fall within these eligibility guidelines:
Basic RTP participant eligibility criteria

• You must be a KP Union Alliance or Coalition Employee with “active” KP employment status.
• Must have completed your probationary period
• You must be a BHMT eligible part-time or full-time KP benefited employee.

Guidelines for additional participant eligibility criteria that will allow for the establishment of a participant selection process:

• Eligibility criteria for RTPs should be specific to each program’s intended outcome
• Criteria should detail all prerequisite training and/or licensure necessary for participants to have at time of application for participants to practice in the workplace upon completion of the training program.
• Criteria/selection process should be detailed and thorough enough to provide applicants a realistic expectation of what skills and/or experience is necessary for successful completion of the training program.
• If training program will lead to a new job within KP, eligibility criteria/selection process should be detailed and thorough enough to provide applicants a realistic expectation of job conditions, locations, and responsibilities they will face in the new position prior to applying for the training program.

The complete eligibility criteria and selection process for each RTP will need to be detailed within the RTP application. Once the BHMT Trustees approve the program for funding, no deviation from the written criteria and selection process can be made without first having an amendment to the application approved by the BHMT Trustees.

• Ensure the Regional Training Program (RTP) Proposal meets the following guidelines:
  • Meets Summary Plan Description requirements for types of programs the Trustees will fund
  • Encompasses as many of the Program Criteria as possible
  • Aligns with Regional Strategic Plans
  • Labor and Management partners support the program
  • All intended participants are eligible
• Funding does not request: backfill, benefits, overtime, travel, food, lodging, or reimbursement for KP salary expenses, e.g. program management or instructors
• Fill out the BHMT Proposal Form completely
• Submit completed proposal to the Regional Workforce Planning and Development Team Committee for approval
• Submit to the National Workforce Planning and Development Team; if proposal was approved at the Regional level
• BHMT will assign a RTP ID# and review program to ensure it meets BHMT RTP
• Proposal will be submitted to the Executive Committee for review
• Approved proposals are then submitted to the Trustees of the BHMT for final review and approval
• Email notification to the Regional WFP/D Team and RTP Project Managers once the Trustees have reached a decision