Number
161755
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
140889, 151082, 151349, 161014
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
Resolution expressing support for, and approving various agreements pertaining to, the Compete Milwaukee 2017 program.
Analysis
This resolution enables implementation of the Compete Milwaukee program in 2017, using an organizational structure similar to that of the 2016 program. Compete Milwaukee is a partnership between Mayor Barrett, the Common Council, workforce development agencies and private employers. Compete Milwaukee makes strategic workforce development investments that will address the problem of underemployment among Milwaukee residents. The approximately $640,000 Compete Milwaukee 2017 program, with an additional $480,000 in leveraged state and federal funding, will consist of the following components:
1. Community Work Partnership - Transitional Jobs. Authorized 2017 Community Development Block Grant funds will be combined with approximately $160,000 included in the 2017 Budget and $480,000 in leveraged Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds, to provide the funding necessary to place and compensate approximately 70 transitional job placements within City departments and agencies (Public Works, Neighborhood Services, Police, Administration and the Port) in 2017.
2. Career Pathways - Authorized 2017 Community Development Block Grant funds will be used to provide skills training and certification program participants need to secure permanent, unsubsidized employment in the private sector. The City will contract with Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/Big Step for these purposes.
3. Employ Milwaukee - Workforce Development Services. Authorized 2017 Community Development Block Grant funds will be combined with $35,000 from the 2017 Budget for the contracted services for Employ Milwaukee to support the delivery of workforce development services and reporting to City agencies on Compete Milwaukee participant progress.
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