Governor's Council on Workforce Investment

Strategic Plan

Governor's Council on Workforce Investment 2014-2018 Strategic Plan

By-Laws

The By-Laws for the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment (CWI), revised 2017.

Executive Order

The Governor creates the Council and directs its activities by Executive Order.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

• Wisconsin WIOA home page, hosted by DWD Div. of Employment and Training
• Workforce Investment Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Side-by-Side: A comparison of statutory language between the Workforce Investment Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (386 pp)
  Source: National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). Added 09/15/2014.
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor/State Shall and May Provisions (24 pp)
  Source: National Governors Association (NGA). Added 09/15/2014.

Federal

Department of Labor

• Department of Labor Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2014-18
• Department of Labor WIOA Page

Department of Education

• Department of Education (DOE) Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2014-18
• DOE Adult Education and Family Literacy Act WIOA Page
• DOE Rehabilitation Services Administration WIOA Page

Reports

• Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity
  A report by Vice President Joe Biden (PDF, 76pp)
• What Works in Job Training: A Synthesis of the Evidence
  A report by the U.S. Departments of Labor; Commerce; Education; and, Health and Human Services (PDF, 29pp)
• Opportunities and Options: Making Career Preparation Work for Students (28pp)
  Source: Council of Chief State School Officers
• Rating States, Grading Schools (28 pp)
  Source: Education Commission of the States (ECS)
  (Added 06/03/2014. PDF.)

State

DWD Biennial Reports

Budget Requests and Reports to the Governor (all)

Workforce, Talent Development, and Economic Information

• Wisconsin Fast Forward - Employer training programs
• Public Policy Forum – Wisconsin's Workforce Development System (July 2012)
• The Road Ahead - Restoring Wisconsin's Workforce Development
• Competitive Wisconsin - Be Bold 2
• Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) – The Wisconsin Economic Future Study (June 2013)
• Wisconsin Economic Futures Study – Executive Summary (24 pp)
• Wisconsin Economic Futures Study (regional links; full study = 600 pp)
• WEDC 2014 Strategic Plan (17 pp)
• WEDC 2014 Operations Plan (105 pp)
• WORKnet: DWD Labor Market Information
• Wisconsin Projections: DWD Office of Economic Advisors (OEA)

Wisconsin Apprenticeship

2015 Wisconsin Apprenticeship Summit final report, January 28-20, 2015

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Wisconsin WIA home page, hosted by DWD Div. of Employment and Training

WIA Annual Reports

2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011

Workforce Program Fact Sheets (DWD-DET)

• Youth Apprenticeship

Regional

Reentry Programs in the Milwaukee Area

At the request of the Governor's Task Force on Minority Unemployment, Employ Milwaukee has made available an inventory of re-entry programs serving individuals returning to the Milwaukee area after incarceration. The inventory may not contain all re-entry programs in the Milwaukee area and is for informational purposes only. Providers of reentry programs and services interested in being added to the inventory may email Dominique Webb of Employ Milwaukee, or phone 414-874-1636.

Workforce and Economic Information

• County Profiles: DWD Office of Economic Advisors
• Regional Projections by Workforce Development Area (WDA)
  By Industry | By Occupation (Available in PDF and Excel format)