If you run a business in Utah and you are heading to the HighLevel Summit (or any training, conference, or certification), there is a state program that will pay part of it back. I stumbled into it in 2025, got a check in the mail, and did it again for the 2026 Summit. People keep asking me how it works, so here is the whole thing in one place.
I am not a grants expert. This is just what I did, step by step, and it worked.
What Custom Fit is
Custom Fit is a Utah training program run through the state’s technical colleges. Mountainland Technical College (MTECH) is the one I work with. You tell them about a training you plan to attend, they write up a reimbursement agreement, and after you attend and send proof, they mail your company a check for part of the cost.
For my HighLevel Summit ticket, the estimated reimbursement was $431. The form took me about ten minutes. That is a super good trade.
The one rule that matters most
It has to be approved before the training happens. Custom Fit does not reimburse anything in the past. I asked about a training I had already taken and got a polite no. Apply first, then attend.
Two smaller things I learned along the way:
- Their fiscal year starts July 1. I applied in January for the October 2026 Summit, which landed in their next fiscal year. They held my application and wrote the agreement at the start of the new year. I was still allowed to buy my ticket early, I just held on to the receipt.
- It covers trainings and events, not everything you learn from. I tried to include some audiobooks once. Audiobooks are not included.
Step by step
- Fill out the application. First-time companies use the New Company Custom Fit Application. It asks for your business info once (name, industry, employee count, address, where to mail the check), then the training details: training name, start and end dates, hours per person, the company running it, location, cost, and who from your company is attending. After your first one, they only ask about the new training.
- Sign the agreement. MTECH writes up a Reimbursement Agreement and sends it through Adobe Sign. Sign it before the first day of the training.
- Pay for the training. Register and pay like you normally would. Keep the receipt.
- Send your receipt. Email a copy of your payment receipt to your MTECH contact.
- Attend, then send proof. After the event, email them confirming you attended. Include evidence if you can: a certificate, a screenshot, or a photo of your name tag or a handout.
- Watch the deadline. Proof of payment and attendance has to be in no later than 30 days after the last day of the training.
- Get the check. They submit the reimbursement and mail a check to your company. Mine went out about two weeks after I sent everything in. The check is written to the business name by default, so let them know if you need it in your own name instead.
Who to contact
My contact at MTECH is Tini Mapu, Workforce Development Specialist, at tini.mapu@mtec.edu. She has been super helpful and quick to answer questions. Mention that you are applying for Custom Fit for the HighLevel Summit (or whatever training you are going to) and she can point you in the right direction.
MTECH serves the Utah County and Wasatch area. If your business is somewhere else in Utah, your local technical college likely runs its own Custom Fit program, and Tini can probably tell you who to reach out to.
Good to know before you apply
- The reimbursement amount depends on the training and on the funding they have available, so treat my $431 as an example, not a promise.
- There is a little paperwork and a couple of emails back and forth. It is not hard, but you do have to remember to send proof within that 30-day window.
- This is for Utah businesses. If you are out of state, check whether your state has a similar workforce training program. A lot of them do.
If you are going to the Summit this year and you have not applied yet, do it today. Approval has to come before the event, and it is a lot of money to leave on the table for ten minutes of work. See you there.
And if this actually works and saves you hundreds or thousands of dollars, please pay it forward by taking my wife and me out to dinner sometime.