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JobNet, a web-based system for matching applicants to employment opportunities began operation in 1996. Between 1995 and 1996, Wisconsin closed nearly all of its local unemployment offices and became the first state in the nation to implement a telephone-based claims system. [5] In 1996, the Department of Workforce Development replaced DILHR. [5]
The President's Community-Based Job Training Grants address the need for a partnership between the workforce system and the vocational education system, increase the capacity of community colleges to meet the demands of today's employers and recognize community colleges as an easily adaptable and viable means for talent development. The grants ...
The Workforce Investment Act is a federal act that "provides workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce investment systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity ...
(The Center Square) – Two Wisconsin businesses have obtained a total of more than $375,000 in rural development grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund water loans and a company ...
Welsh explained that, according to Raising Wisconsin, nearly 80% of Wisconsin employers believe the state economy is affected by access to affordable, quality child care.
Since 2015 California has invested over $3 billion in providing career pathways in public high schools. As of last year, 23% of students in schools with these programs were participating in some ...
WEDC was established in 2011 during the tenure of Gov. Scott Walker to replace the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.The impetus for WEDC resulted from a 2010 report titled “Be Bold Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Competitiveness Study” that recommended a non-political authority be created to design and deliver a statewide economic development strategy.
Grants under MDTA were administered through regional DOL offices and went directly to local service providers. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), enacted in 1973, made substantial changes to federal workforce development programs. CETA transferred more decision-making authority from the federal government to local governments.