Workforce Expansion Grant
Application Process
The Citrus County Workforce Expansion Grant has allotted $300,000 for the program. Funds will be distributed on a first‐submitted and eligible application basis. Please submit your application online in its entirety. The County may determine further information is necessary to process a grant request and will contact the applicant by email for additional documentation. It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide this information as requested. Incomplete applications will not be considered; please submit in its entirety. Applications will be accepted until funds are fully exhausted, whichever occurs first.
Payment process
Eligible businesses approved for an award of $1,000 per qualifying job(s) will receive the payment after the second submitted 941 Quarterly Tax Return and payroll reports have been received. Businesses approved for $2,000 per qualifying job(s) will receive the first $1,000 per job after the receipt of the second submitted 941 Quarterly Tax Return and payroll reports, with the second payment of $1,000 per qualifying job awarded upon receipt of the fourth 941 Quarterly Tax Return.
Applications will be submitted using a digital online portal. Applicants will be required to sign theapplication and attest, under penalty of perjury, that all information submitted is truthful. The
application can be found at: