Funding Opportunity: Wisconsin Fast Forward Manufacturing Grant Program
Presented by: Department of Workforce Development - Office of Skills Development
The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) – Office of Skills Development (OSD) recently released a Manufacturing Grant Program Announcement (GPA) under Governor Walker’s Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) initiative. Wisconsin employers and workforce partners are encouraged to submit innovative and collaborative customized training grant applications for up to $400,000 to up-skill manufacturing industry workers.
Grant application details are as follows:
Deadline to Apply: December 7, 2016 at 11:59 p.m.
Award Amount: $5,000 to $400,000
Governor Walker’s WFF program was approved with overwhelming bipartisan support from lawmakers in 2013 to address the skills gap through grants to employers for customized skills training to fill current job openings and ongoing skill requirements. DWD has awarded over $18 million in WFF grants to date, supporting nearly 200 worker training projects that are benefiting hundreds of businesses and thousands of trainees across the state. To learn more about WFF-funded worker training projects, please review grant award summaries.
Please contact OSD with questions regarding the WFF – Manufacturing GPA.
