WEDC: Workforce Innovation Grant helps youth discover career path


WEDC: Workforce Innovation Grant helps youth discover career path


MILWAUKEE, WI. FEB. 9, 2022 – A Workforce Innovation Grant of up to $3.3 million is helping launch the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s new Ready Center and a collaboration between schools, employers and others to help young people find a career path.

“To be successful and find the right career, young people need to learn about many career fields and to have mentors who are successful in their careers,” said Missy Hughes, secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). “The Ready Center Collective will give youth exposure to many careers, help them choose a field that’s right for them and then give them the training and work experience needed to successfully launch their career.”...


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Ken Notes: This is a great idea, I hope we can track OUTCOMES as well as investments.

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