DOA:......Humphry, BB0324 - Wisconsin Workforce Advancement Program
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
EMPLOYMENT
Wisconsin Worker Advancement Program
This bill requires DWD to establish and maintain the Wisconsin Worker Advancement Program to make grants to local organizations for the organizations to provide employment and workforce services.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (cm) Wisconsin worker advancement program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the Wisconsin worker advancement program under s. 106.145.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section 2. 106.145 of the statutes is created to read:
106.145 Wisconsin worker advancement program. The department shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (cm), establish and administer a Wisconsin worker advancement program to make grants to local organizations, including local workforce development boards established under 29 USC 3122 and community-based organizations, for the organizations to provide employment and workforce services, including unrestricted support services, career services, and training programs to address workforce barriers. (end)
