Long-term care eligible for cut of $2M in workforce development grants

Wisconsin’s senior living and care operators are eligible to receive their share of the state’s $2 million grants from the Department of Workforce Development.

The Wisconsin Fast Forward grants are meant to help support 10 employers and serve up to 759 trainees across four high-demand sectors, including senior living.

“Wisconsin’s unprecedented economic recovery has been accompanied by a nationwide labor market quantity challenge driven by demographic trends that have been building for decades,” DWD Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek stated in a press release. “In response, investments like Wisconsin Fast Forward grants are proven strategies to grow the state’s talent pipeline and connect unemployed and other workers with in-demand skills that are needed for family-supporting jobs.”...