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In many communities, including Milwaukee, the need for skilled workers has outstripped the capacity of the existing public workforce system, which is underfunded and constrained in its focus.
 
Across the country, Workforce Partnerships are addressing these key challenges. Organizations that play the role of workforce intermediary organize the key stakeholders and local resources to help workers gain the skills they need and to give employers access to the skilled labor they need. At their core, Workforce Partnerships tend to be results-driven, entrepreneurial, and worthy of trust from both employers and workers.
 
For a list of key functions of workforce partnerships, see the National Fund for Workforce Solutions website http://www.nfwsolutions.org/
 

Members of the Workforce Funding Alliance currently are investing in two sectors vital to our region’s future: Construction and Healthcare. Details about our work and workforce partners in these areas can be found on the sector pages.

 

 

Click the link below to download the PowerPoint titled:

Sectors In Action: Connecting employers, trainers to create prosperty

 

 

WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 

MAHA is a partnership between YWCA and Milwaukee Area Health Education

Center that provides training in entry- to intermediate-level health professions.

 

 

 

www.wrtp.org/

 

WRTP/BIG STEP delivers and brokers training in the skilled building trade professions.

WRTP/BIG STEP provides training for entry-level to advanced skilled trade skill seekers.

 

 

The DPW-UF initiative trains job-seekers in Arboriculture services.

The program recieved support from the USDA Forest Services for striving to

 increase diversity in Arbor Corps professions. 

 

 city.milwaukee.go

 

 

   

WCS provides case management, tutoring, and job training to ex-offenders.

WCS provides training in the environmentally sustainable niche building trade

practice of Deconstruction.

 

 

 

 

 
In partnership with several South East Wisconsin School districts and

Milwaukee Area Technical College, WATDA provides scholarships to

skill-seekers for training in automotive maintenance and repair.

 

www.watda.org

 

 

 

MCSC operates training programs in the building trades primarily

targeted at low-income and low-education youth and young adults.

 

 
 
 
 
 
NETWORK SERVICES
 
 
 
 
 

 

  

The Riverworks Financial Opportunity Center provides support

services to the training participants of the Workforce Partnerships.

Riverworks offers financial coaching, public benefits screening,

and employment search assistance. Riverworks will operate a

Volunteers In Tax Assistance (VITA) site in 2012.

 

www.riverworksmke.org/

 

 

 

 

 

Center for Driver's License Recover and Employability

 

Center for Driver’s License Recovery offer’s legal assistance

to individuals seeking to have the driver’s license’s restored

for low-income individuals with non-alcohol related offenses.

The CDLR also advocates for policy makers to consider

alternatives to suspension and revocation for offences not

related to unsafe-driving.

  

 

The Journey House Financial Opportunity Center offers

financial coaching, public benefits screening, and

employment search assistance and will operate a

Volunteers In Tax Assistance (VITA) site in 2012.

 

www.journeyhouse.org

 
 
 
PROGRAM MODEL
 
 
 
 
 
Integrating Financial Opportunity Centers with Workforce Partnerships