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Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP)
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) announces matching grants targeted at small and midsize manufacturers can be obtained through a program offered by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. The Next Generation Manufacturing program provides grants in the range of $5,000 to $6,500 to pay up to 50% of project costs for services delivered by WMEP. The remaining project costs will be paid by the company. Grant funds can be used to defray the cost of projects focused in one of two areas: lean transformation or business growth.
During the past five years WMEP-assisted manufactures reported economic impact of $931 million with 8,635 jobs created/ retained. WMEP receives financial support from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, and partners with many public and private organizations to serve Wisconsin manufacturers. For more information visit www.wmep.org or call 1-877-856- 8788.
See http://wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=159910 for more information.
WIRED
In July 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $5 million dollar grant to the South Central – Southwest GROW region which includes the twelve Wisconsin counties of Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Rock and Sauk. The grant application was prepared by the region’s workforce, economic development and educational partners.
The work framed within WIRED Wisconsin—South Central/Southwest represents the convergence of a large-scale regional undertaking. WIRED Wisconsin—South Central/Southwest (WIRED SCSW) will develop innovative and entrepreneurial infrastructures and investments to support a sustainable talent development strategy for the region that will assure a skilled workforce aligned with the 12-county region’s high-growth and emerging industries.
WIRED SCSW efforts will:
- Engage a broad-based leadership caucus, industry sector teams, and cross sector teams to develop industry responsive, cross sector solutions to regional workforce challenges.
- Align the workforce and educational systems for talent delivery to driver and emerging industries.
- Establish occupational pipelines using the Career Pathway talent development platform.
- WIRED Procurement Documents
Workforce Advancement training Grants (WAT)
In 2005, Governor Doyle initiated a new program to support worker training in Wisconsin. This program, entitled Workforce Advancement Training Grants (WAT), was created to enable businesses to better access training opportunities through the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), to promote increased investment in the development of incumbent workers, and to improve Wisconsin businesses’ productivity and competitiveness.
WAT grants are designated to be used by for-profit employers from June 1, 2009-May 31, 2010. Each technical college in the state has the opportunity to apply for grant funding for employers within their district. MATC's approach to these grants is to survey MATC district employers to determine their training needs. We then submit applications for business consortiums to help reach a greater number of employers rather than a select few. Businesses who participate in the grant are able to receive training funding at approximately 50% off the standard training rates.
Contact Information for WAT Grants: Jennifer Bakke, (608) 243-4458, jbakke@matcmadison.edu
Department of Commerce Training Grants
Economic Development Tax Credit Program:
Employee Training – Tax credits may be earned through many types of training provided to existing and new employees in full-time positions. Training must be related to a specific project. Eligible training costs include trainee wages, trainer costs and trainer materials. Tax credits will be released on an annual basis, as eligible training costs are incurred. http://commerce.wi.gov/BD/BD-ETC.html
Business Employees' Skills Training (BEST) Program: The BEST program was established to help small businesses in industries that are facing severe labor shortages upgrade the skills of their workforce. Under the BEST program, Commerce can provide applicants with a tuition reimbursement grant to help cover a portion of the costs associated with training employees. Eligible applicants include Wisconsin for-profit businesses that have 25 or fewer full time employees or annual sales of less than $2.5 million and are in one of the following Industrial Clusters: Automation, Agriculture/Food Products, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Paper/Forest Products, Printing, Tourism, & Childcare (does not include in-home childcare).
http://commerce.wi.gov/BD/BD-BESTprogram.html
Any other Commerce involvement in training is based upon the type, significance, and training needs of the project being presented by a particular manufacturer.
For more information on Department of Commerce Programs, contact:
David Martens, Area Development Manager
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
P.O. Box 7970, Madison, WI 53707-7970
210 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-261-7711 - Fax: 608-264-6151
E-mail: David.Martens@Wisconsin.gov
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