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The $128 million Workforce Innovation Grant (WIG) Program, part of the $168 investment in the Workforce Solutions Initiative, is a collaboration between DWD and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), provided grants to regional stakeholders to design and implement innovative plans to tackle longtime local workforce challenges. DWD and WEDC awarded 26 grants across Wisconsin to improve workforce training where it is needed most. The solutions also help remove barriers that workers encounter when trying to join the workforce or change jobs such as inadequate child care, housing, and transportation.
Workforce Innovation Grants propel solutions to the teacher shortage – especially in rural areas.
WIG-funded projects create solutions to help remove the barrier of reliable transportation so that workers can pursue job and training opportunities.
Workforce Innovation Grants help grow careers and meet business needs by creating pathways to in-demand jobs.
The WIG-funded projects take innovative approaches to build career pipelines that will help ease the shortage of workers in health care fields.
With critical workforce shortages and low unemployment, WIG-funded initiatives remove barriers to work and expand opportunities for underutilized worker pools.
By fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and teaching skills through focused coaching, mentorship, and networking, WIG-funded initiatives are developing the companies and jobs of tomorrow.
Working parents depend on high-quality, affordable child care so they can get to work and feed their families. These projects boost the child care workforce and expand capacity by building child care centers.
WIG-funded projects in both rural and urban communities are addressing the lack of affordable workforce housing.
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201 E. Washington Ave
P.O. Box 7946
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-3131
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