From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— The state Department of Workforce Development has announced $2.3 million in new funding for worker training, including about $850,000 for efforts in the health care field.
The agency yesterday said the grant funding going to 18 employers will help train more than 1,000 workers across “critical sectors” such as health care, manufacturing, construction and others. Funding comes from the Wisconsin Fast Forward program, which helps offset the cost of job training for unemployed, underemployed and current employees.
Recipients include:
*Chiara Communities Inc., based in Waukesha County. The group is getting about $260,000 to train 15 underemployed people and 170 current workers in community-basesd residential facility management and dementia care.
*The city of Racine, which is getting more than $140,000 to train six unemployed people and six current employees as emergency medical technicians and paramedics, through a partnership with Gateway Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College South.
*Health Dimensions Group in Milwaukee County, which is getting nearly $200,000 to train 10 unemployed, 15 underemployed and 250 current workers in skilled nursing and senior living care.
*Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service Wis. Inc., also based in Milwaukee County. It’s getting about $210,000 to help train 100 unemployed people to become emergency medical technicians in partnership with the Life Support Training Institute.
*West Eau Claire Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, which is getting about $43,000 to train 30 current nursing assistants to get them certified as medication aides alongside the Healthcare Workforce Training Institute.
To get the funds, recipient employers must meet several benchmarks including 85% of participants completing the training and 65% gaining employment — meaning those without jobs are hired and others are promoted. Also, 75% of incumbent trainees must get pay raises and 75% must complete certification courses.
Since launching in 2013, the program has now provided more than $51 million in grants for at least 461 training projects and 30,000 workers, DWD says.
See the full list of recipients in the release below.
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