St. Croix County Economic Development Corporation: Overview of Fast Forward training grants set for August 13th

The State of Wisconsin recently released information about Round 3 of the Fast Forward

Training grants. These grants give companies the opportunity to obtain training dollars to build

the skills of existing or new employees.

An informational session about the Round 3 grant opportunities is scheduled for Wednesday,

August 13, 2014 at the St. Croix Valley Job Center from 9:00-11:00 a.m. The session will be

broadcast from Madison to offices across the state and Shelly Harkins from Wisconsin’s Office

of Skills Development will present the information. The Job Center is located at 186 County

Road U, Suite 205 (next to ABC Lumber on the frontage road of Hwy 35 North) in River Falls,

Wisconsin.

The specific grant sectors and deadline dates for Round 3 applications are:

September 23: Manufacturing Occupations; training grants from $5,000 to $400,000

September 30: Construction Trades and Related Occupations & Transportation,

Logistics, and Distribution Occupations; training grants from $5,000 to $400,000

October 7: Financial Services Occupations & Information Technology Occupations;

training grants from $5,000 to $400,000

October 14: Customer Service Occupations; training grants from $5,000 to $400,000

October 21: Agriculture and Related Occupations & Health Care and Related

Occupations; training grants from $5,000 to $400,000, and Small Businesses with 50 or fewer

full-time employees; training grants from $5,000 to $50,000

The grant program announcement can be found at: www.wisconsinfastforward.com .

Employers interested in attending the informational broadcast are asked to RSVP to Joanne

Kocik, the business service manage with the St. Croix Valley Workforce Resource, Inc. at (715)

426-0394 ext. 1713 or kocikj@workforceresource.org .