Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment

What's New

2008 Council Meetings

March 4th - Milwaukee
June 10th - DeForest
September 16th - Milwaukee
December 2nd

CWI Executive Committee Meeting

Meeting Date: July 11, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where:
Bucyrus International, Inc.,
1100 Milwaukee Avenue,
Conference Room #606 - 6th Floor (Note: Large Training Room in the Technical Building)
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Note: The next scheduled CWI Executive Committee meeting will be held September 16, 2008 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Milwaukee

Next MIG Subcommittee Meeting

Meeting Date: July 29, 2008
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where:
1 W. Wilson Street

Note: Room location and an agenda will be posted at a later date

The Governor's Council on Workforce Investment, PowerPoint's and references from the March 4, 2008 Meeting

I. Presentation on Governor Doyle's new GROW Wisconsin Plan
Speaker: Roberta Gassman, DWD Secretary

II. Report on Workforce Innovation Regional Economic Development (WIRED)

Regional Workforce Alliance - Workforce Development in Southeast Wisconsin
Speaker: Mike Mortell, Southeast WIRED Grant Coordinator
WIRED South Central-Southwest Wisconsin Region
Speakers: Dr. Robert Borremans, Southwestern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board Director and CWI member, and Pat Schramm, Executive Director, Workforce Development Board South Central Wisconsin, Inc.

III. Update on Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board
Speaker: Don Sykes, President

IV. Executive Director's Report

Summary CWI Feedback on Job Center Redesign & Employer Services Team
Speaker: Ron Danowski, DWD DET Administrator

V. CWI Chair, Tim Sullivan, referenced Governing: Measuring Performance Report at the March 4, 2008 council meeting. The Pew Center on the States published this report related to the quality of management in state government. The report focuses on four fundamental areas of government management: information, people, money and infrastructure.

Meeting agenda (March 4th) and materials located in the "Meetings" section

The Draft five-year Carl D. Perkins State Plan Executive Summary provides an overview of the Wisconsin Technical College State Board’s funding priorities for Perkins IV. Additional details on proposed program activities are included in the Part A.III Program Administration of the draft State Plan.

Governor Doyle's new economic development initiative

Governor's State of State Address

Platteville Advance Transformer Dislocated Worker Study Available

The Platteville Advance Transformer Dislocated Worker Study, material from the August 14th Dislocated Worker Subcommittee meeting, is now available on this site:

Executive Summary (PDF file, eight pages)
Complete Study (PDF file, 103 pages)