Santa Fe – The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) board approved $3,200,305in funding at its January board meeting to eight companies that will create 716 jobs in New Mexico, averaging a wage of $18.96. The next JTIP board meeting will be April 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Central New Mexico Community College Workforce Training Center located at 5600 Eagle Rock Ave. NE in Albuquerque.