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Workforce Innovation Grant helps youth discover career path
A Workforce Innovation Grant of up to $3.3 million is helping launch the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s new Ready Center and a collaboration between schools, employers and others to help young people find a career path. A partnership between the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Employ Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Herzing University, and more than a dozen large employers, the Ready Center Collective will offer students job experience, training and the possibility of earning professional certifications and college credits while still in high school.
Testimony of Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes
There are many reasons to celebrate the progress our state has made. Wisconsin’s economy continues to grow robustly in every corner of the state. Unemployment has dropped from double-digits in the early days of the pandemic to the lowest levels in decades, while participation in the labor force reaches new highs. Wages are up and new businesses are emerging.
New skills open up manufacturing opportunities
The state of Wisconsin is helping Mid-State Technical College and its partners make that investment with a Workforce Innovation Grant worth up to $9 million. The grant will help the college and partners build the Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering Technology and Apprenticeship Center in Stevens Point and help youth and unemployed or underemployed people of all ages overcome the barriers preventing them from thriving in the workforce.
Creating a workforce to build healthier communities
With help from Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant, UW-Eau Claire, Mayo Clinic, and others hope to train new generation of health care workers, teachers
New skills open up manufacturing opportunities
Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant project aims to help workers get the skills needed to thrive in advanced manufacturing. Efforts are already underway on a new Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) project that works with area school districts, businesses and nonprofits hopes to increase the number of Wisconsin workers.
Child care workers keep economy moving
With the help of Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant, Madison Area Technical College is trying to work with providers to offer needed training, tap into financial resources and create more open slots for parents. At the same time, the college is assessing the needs of its student parents.
Homegrown entrepreneurs
Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant will help Kenosha create the next generation of diverse business owners
Building careers while incarcerated
Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant will bring new educational opportunities, workforce support to incarcerated individuals.
Credits toward careers
Wisconsin’s Workforce Innovation Grant will allow Sauk Prairie schools to train students for careers, help workers upskill and keep key industries moving forward
Finding resources for rural Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s rural communities and residents have access to a new and growing directory of resources and success stories offering aid and inspiration on topics ranging from affordable housing and economic development to cultural programs and environmental protection.
Strengthening Wisconsin’s paper, forest products industry
Georgia Pacific announced plans to invest $500 million and create more than 150 jobs at its Green Bay Broadway mill is another indication of the strength and resiliency of Wisconsin’s forest products and paper industry.
Testimony of WEDC Deputy Secretary and COO Sam Rikkers; Joint Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry and the Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Dec. 15, 2021 - Good morning, members of the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry and the Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation. I want to thank [...]
