From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— Three organizations will use more than $410,000 in new grant funding to train at least 600 workers in the healthcare field, state officials announced today.
Gov. Tony Evers and the state Department of Workforce Development rolled out the round of funding through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program, which supports worker training efforts across various industries.
“With this funding, we can help bring new folks into the field as well as support current healthcare workers with additional job training to fill in-demand jobs and increase their earnings,” Evers said in a statement.
The majority of the grant dollars announced today are going to Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Inc. in Milwaukee County.
The care provider will use $282,517 to launch the state’s first limited x-ray machine operator educational pathway. The effort will train 30 current medical assistants, certified nursing assistants and EMTs, with trainees up for an hourly pay increase of $6.78 or greater, according to the guv’s office.
Another $94,600 is going to Bell Ambulance Inc. in Milwaukee County, which will train 600 current first responders, while sponsoring eight workers seeking paramedic license and eight others in critical care endorsement. Trainees could get a wage bump of $0.79 per hour.
The other $33,226 was awarded to the Northwestern Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board in Ashland County, which will train seven unemployed people to become dental assistants. The work is being done alongside Northwood Technical College and UW-Whitewater, and could lead to employment with partners NorthLakes Community Clinic and Lakeview Dental Center.
To get funding through the program, employers must meet various minimum requirements, including 85% of participants completing training and 65% gaining employment. Plus, 75% of incumbent trainees must get pay raises.
See the release below.
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