Wisconsin Fast Forward Program Plans to Award $15 MM in Grants to Support Employer-Led Worker Training
In March of 2013, Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker, with nearly full support of the State Legislature, signed the “Wisconsin Fast Forward” program, whereby $15 million in grants would be made available to support employer-led worker training programs, and ultimately connect job seekers with employers. This initiative is in line with the State’s intention to educate and train high-skilled workers. The program is being administered by the Department of Workforce Development’s (DWD) new Office of Skills Development (OSD), and has already helped create worker-training programs, preparing workers for Wisconsin jobs available today and in the years to come.
DWD’s Shelly Harkins has made a number of presentations to the manufacturing community to explain the grant procedures and requirements. On March 18, 2014, China Instrument Parts welcomed Ms. Harkins to our facility where she would address a number of Walworth County manufacturers who gathered at the company’s new multi-purpose classroom. The following Walworth County’s companies attended the presentation: Iseli, Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc., Prop Shaft Supply, MacLean Fogg, Bliss Machine, Ltd., ScotForge, Micro Instrument, Inc., Aztalan Engineering, and R & L Spring Company.
More information about the grant may be found here.
