Job Training Grant Awarded to New Mexico Hemp Services

The New Mexico Economic Development Department has awarded 10 companies over $2 million to hire and train 123 new workers at businesses in Albuquerque, Clovis, Santa Rosa, and Santa Fe. Among those companies is New Mexico Hemp Services based in Santa Rosa.

The company has been awarded $246,000 for 17 new trainees at an average wage of $19.41. The company plans to have a fully integrated hemp operation by the end of 2019 and is hiring lab technicians, extraction chemists, storage clerks, and an electrician.

“The job-training awards are another indication that New Mexico is adding jobs across the state and the new jobs are highly paid,” said Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes of the Economic Development Department. “We are growing in key sectors and this assistance will help businesses expand and add workers as we diversify our economy.”

The awards were made at the JTIP Board meeting on Sept. 13. The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) is one of the most generous training incentive programs in the country, reimbursing 50 to 75 percent of employee wages for classroom and on-the-job training.