New Mexicos Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP), approved finding in Mach 2023 for 128 trainees in the Borderplex Region
JTTP funds are allocated and paid after all employee training is complete. The Economic Development program encourages companies to move to, stay in, and/or grow in New Mexico’s Borderplex Region and hire New Mexico residents. The number of Borderplex companies awarded this month was small, two total, but is impactful to Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, and the Borderplex region. Each of the businesses has received prior awards and these new applications are proof that the companies’ plans of growth are coming to fruition.
Electronic Caregiver in Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico EDD is pleased to help support the following Borderplex companies as they expand and add new employees. This month’s applications came from Las Cruces and Santa Teresa, Secretary Keyes said. “The program’s success is evident with the potential of 128 new high-paying jobs that will build economic security for New Mexico families.”
These awardees are representative of the target industries that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has singled out for diversifying and strengthening the state’s economy. They include intelligent manufacturing, biosciences, and even technology that will improve agricultural outcomes. “It’s everything from corrugated boxes to quantum dots, a true indication of the diversity in our state,” Secretary Keyes added.
The two Borderplex awardees for March 2023:
Franklin Mountain Packaging in Santa Teresa, NM
Electronic Caregiver, Inc., Las Cruces, 73 trainees at an average wage of $23.18 for a total award of $628,403.60. Electronic Caregiver, Inc. (ECG) is a privately held digital health technology and service company. The company’s mission is to design and deliver innovative, impactful telehealth products and services such as remote patient monitoring, chronic care management, and virtual visits that bridge the chasm between the doctor’s office and the patient’s home to improve outcomes, expand access, and deliver value-based care.
Franklin Mountain Packaging, LLC, Santa Teresa, 55 trainees at an average wage of $17.39 for a total award of $565,201.60. Franklin Mountain Packaging (FMP) is a newly formed company engaged in the manufacturing of corrugated sheets and providing unique digital printing services for the corrugated box-making industry. FMP will target sheet converting plants in the Southwestern US and the maquiladoras and Mexican domestic market.
