A new training program will help needy families get Milwaukee jobs WI.

The State of Wisconsin recently received $34 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create a Transitional Jobs Project as part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The project will help thousands of residents throughout the state learn the skills they need to succeed.

The program will target residents who are not eligible to receive working family assistance through the Wisconsin W-2 program, including fathers who don’t have custody of their children and young adults in the foster care system.

“The Transitional Jobs Project will help us work toward my number one priority this year – helping our businesses create jobs and giving our workers the opportunities to get those jobs,” Gov. Jim Doyle said. “This innovative program will work closely with communities throughout the state to help workers gain important job skills to re-enter the workforce and find good, family-supporting jobs.”

The Transitional Jobs Program will be administered by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, which will work with 17 local organizations in 38 counties across the state, with hopes that the program will eventually be expanded.

Organizations in Milwaukee that will receive funding include:

  • Goodwill Industries of Southeastern WI, Inc. – $5,975,700
  • Policy Studies, Inc. – $3,104,800
  • Milwaukee Careers Cooperative – $291,473
  • UMOS – $4,530,720
  • Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board – $7,847,350
  • Silver Spring Neighborhood Center – $635,340
  • Step Industries – $523,000

The Department of Children and Families was created in 2008 to help protect children and families throughout the state. So far, the department has unified more than 30 services in order to ensure that all children in Wisconsin grow up safe, healthy, and with the support of strong families.

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