The purpose of the grant is to sustain and expand the statewide youth apprenticeship program. All local partnerships must be approved by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to operate a Youth Apprenticeship Program.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,100
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Youth Apprenticeship (YA) Grants created under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9 and administered by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), are available to fund youth apprenticeship consortiums authorized under Wisconsin Statute 106.13. The purpose of the grants is to administer the statewide YA program. All consortiums must be approved by DWD to operate a YA program regardless of if they receive state grant dollars.
Funding Information
Grant requests are limited to $1,100 per youth apprentice served, and grantees must serve at least 25 students to be eligible. All grant awards are contingent upon the availability of state funds.
Grant Period
Applications under this RFP will be approved for one year, effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Funding under this RFP is available to local consortiums, which mutually implement and coordinate a YA program via a local consortium steering committee. Local consortiums are defined as:
- One or more school district
- Employers
- One or more colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System.
- Apprenticeship Training Representative(s) from the Registered Apprenticeship program
- Organized labor
- Workforce Development Board / Workforce Investment Board.
- Chambers of Commerce
- Other public agencies or non-profit organizations
- Other contributing individuals
Eligibility Criteria
Funding under this RFP is available to local partnerships to implement and coordinate YA programs. Local partnerships are defined as:
- one or more school districts, or
- any combination of one or more school districts; other public agencies; nonprofit organizations, individuals, or other persons, who have agreed to be responsible for implementing and coordinating a local YA program via a local consortium steering committee.
For more information, visit DWD.
