Our region’s long-term economic success
depends on our ability to grow the skills of our workforce. Despite our
strong assets, employers are struggling to find skilled workers, while
far too many of our residents are unable to secure jobs that provide
economic security for themselves and their families.
The Milwaukee Area
Workforce Funding Alliance is a consortium of private and
public funders of workforce development (including education, job
training and placement, and support services) dedicated to increased
employment that benefits both businesses that need skilled workers and
individuals seeking good jobs with family-supporting wages.
Our goals are to:
• Fund agencies, programs
and projects that provide career
advancement support of low-income and
low skilled people
• Develop a better coordinated workforce development
system of
public and private collaboration that enhances regional
competitiveness
Milwaukee
Area Workforce Funding Alliance is convened by the Donors Forum of Wisconsin. The Leadership Council is chaired by
the Helen Bader Foundation. We are one
of 21 sites of the National Fund For Workforce Solutions.