Workforce Development Resources
County Economic Overview Reports
Data source: EMSI, December 2012
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County Governments
The official web site for the Government of Columbia County, Wisconsin.
The official web site for the Government of Dane County, Wisconsin.
The official web site for the Government of Dodge County, Wisconsin.
The official web site for the Government of Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
The official web site for the Government of Marquette County, Wisconsin.
The official web site for the Government of Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Departments - State of Wisconsin
The official home page for the State of Wisconsin.
Department of Children and Families
The State department charged with promoting the economic and social well-being of Wisconsin's children and families.
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)
The Wiscconsin Economic Development Corporation is the state’s lead economic development organization.
State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Community Corrections, Juvenile Corrections, Adult Institutions, Employment, Victim Services.
Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is a state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce in the 21st century and beyond.
Equal Rights Division - Department of Workforce Development
The Equal Rights Division enforces Civil Rights/Discrimination and Labor Standards/Wage and Hour Laws.
Economic and Workforce Development
CLASP aims to improve job quality and build pathways that connect low-income individuals -- including high school dropouts, ex-offenders, welfare recipients, low-skilled immigrants, and other vulnerable youth and adults -- to the education, training, and supports they need to advance.
Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
COWS is a national policy center and field laboratory for high-road economic development. Areas of program focus include: economic and workforce development, sectoral strategies and career pathways, clean energy and energy efficiency, labor markets and job improvement, and strategies for improving low-wage work.
Promoties policies that improve economic outcomes for low-income working adults by enabling them to improve their skills and fill the job needs of employers in the region.
National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
An organization of state administrators of unemployment insurance laws, employment services, training programs, employment statistics and labor market information and other programs and services provided through the publicly-funded state workforce system.
National Association of Workforce Boards
The National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) is the leading workforce association that represents the nation's nearly 600 business-led Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and also serves other associated organizations in the workforce industry with one common goal: Helping America Work.
National Skills Coalition organizes broad-based coalitions seeking to raise the skills of America’s workers across a range of industries.
RISE is a joint initiative of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, and funded in part through a “Shifting Gears” grant from the Joyce Foundation. RISE draws on local, state and national expertise to make "career pathways" a central part of Wisconsin's education and job training systems; and, engages the business community at both the state and regional levels to address the skill needs of major industry sectors.
Shifting Gears - Joyce Foundation
The Joyce Foundation launched the Shifting Gears initiative in 2006 to help Wisconsin (and other midwestern states) re-engineer adult education, workforce development and postsecondary education policies to support economic growth and expand job opportunities for low-skilled workers in the Midwest.
In partnership with National Skills Coalition, the Skills2Compete-Wisconsin campaign seeks to raise awareness of the need to train Wisconsin residents for middle-skill jobs, which require more than high school but less than a four-year degree.
Thrive is the economic development enterprise for the eight-county Madison Region, created to grow the region's economy in ways that preserve and enhance the quality of life.
Windows to Work
Windows to Work is designed to address the criminogenic risk factors that can lead to recidivism including unemployment/underemployment, low/interrupted education, poor problem solving skills, inadequate housing, and financial difficulties.
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)
WHEDA offers innovative products and services in partnership with others to link Wisconsin residents and communities with affordable housing and economic development opportunities.
An e-learning, knowledge sharing webspace that offers workforce professionals, employers, economic development, and education professionals a dynamic network featuring innovative workforce solutions. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
Columbia County Economic Development Corporation
Offers resources and information to help grow the economy of Columbia County through the retention/expansion of existing businesses and the establishment of new business ventures. Includes information for business plans, small businesses, financing options, community profiles, demographic data, and more. Contact: Nancy Elsing, Executive Director, (608) 742-6161.
Dane County Economic Development
A comprehensive resource guide (.pdf format) to economic development in Dane County. Provides new and existing businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs, and communities with a connection to Dane County resources, people, and information. Contact: Olivia Parry Economic Development Specialist, Dane County Planning & Development, (608) 266-4270.
Dodge County Economic Development
Demographics, economic trends, and business and land development information for Dodge County. Contact: Dean Perlick, Manager of Planning, Planning & Economic Development, (920) 386-3710.
Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium
Serving Jefferson County, JCEDC offers resources for business and economic development. Find community profiles and contacts, services and programs for home buyers and owners and business entrepreneurs, economic studies and reports, and links to other valuable resources. Contact: Dennis Heling, Executive Director, (920) 674-8710.
Marquette County Economic Development
Tri-County Regional Economic Development Corporation (TREDC) serves Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties. Their efforts include connecting businesses and sharing resources and information, ultimately to help the region become more competitive and further developed. Contact: Bill Wheeler, Executive Director, (920) 382-0963.
Sauk County Development Corporation
Offers detailed economic and demographic data, workforce development resources, and in-depth county and community profiles for Sauk County and the South Central Wisconsin region. Contact: Karna Hanna, CEcD, Executive Director, (608) 355-2084.
Training and Education Institutions
Offers 31 Associate Degree and Technical Diploma programs with campus locations in Janesville, Beloit, and Monroe.
Offers more than 140 programs and certificates throughout South Central Wisconsin, at campuses in Madison, Fort Atkinson, Portage, Reedsburg, and Watertown. Also offers customized training solutions to help your employees apply new skills to meet your business needs.
Moraine Park Technical College
Offers more than 110 degrees, certificates and apprenticeships in traditional classroom and on-line formats. Campus locations include Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend with regional centers also located in Hartford and Ripon. Also offers customized training solutions to help your employees apply new skills to meet your business needs.
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
Offers 42 Associate Degree and Technical Diplomas programs via traditional and online application. The Fennimore campus serves most of Grant, Crawford, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland counties, and parts of Dane, Green, Sauk, and Vernon counties.
The official site for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
University of Wisconsin System
The UW System is focused on educating students and stimulating economic prosperity in Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Small Business Development Center
Business education for entrepreneurs, leaders, managers and employees in small and growing businesses. Also offers customized training solutions to help your employees apply new skills to meet your business needs.
UW-Extension provides statewide access to university resources and research so the people of Wisconsin can learn, grow and succeed at all stages of life. Includes resources for business development, entrepreneurship and economic development, and continuing education for adult students.
Wisconsin Technical College System
The Technical Colleges stimulate local economic development by providing a well-educated workforce based solely on the occupational needs of local business and industry.
Labor Market Information
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner.
Research occupational wages and trends, explore national trends and projections, discover state trends and projections, locate state resources, and find other labor market resources--a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored web site.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisitics
National, state, and regional data on employment levels and projections, unemployment rates, wages and benefits, inflation and prices, and more.
Wisconsin's Workforce and Labor Market Information System.
Occupational Information
The nation's primary source of occupational information. Use this site to download the O*NET database, career exploration tools, job analysis questionnaires, employer guides, and technical reports.
Workforce Development Boards
Wisconsin Workforce Development Association
The Association of the eleven Workforce Development Boards in Wisconsin.
South Central Workforce Development Board
Serving Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette and Sauk Counties.
Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Serving Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth Counties.
Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board
Serving Milwaukee County.
Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington (WOW) Workforce Development Board
Serving Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties.
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board
Serving Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago Counties.
Bay Area Workforce Development Board
Serving Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, and Sheboygan Counties.
Northcentral Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Serving Adams, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, and Wood Counties.
Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board
Serving Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, and Washburn Counties.
West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Serving Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties.
Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Serving Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, and Vernon Counties.
Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Serving Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock and Richland Counties.
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