Worker Advancement Initiative
Are you struggling to find work since the pandemic? Or has the pandemic negatively affected your occupation? WAI can help!
WAI offers supportive services, on-the-job training, and skills training.
Supportive Services
- If you’re starting a new job, we can help with childcare assistance, transportation assistance, housing, some technology and tuition, and more.
Skills Training
- We have a variety of options available to help you hone your current skills or learn a brand new one. By completing skills training, you can become eligible for more career opportunities. You will also get free enrollment in *Move to Manufacturing course, including Forklift Certification.
On-The-Job Training
- We make starting a new career easy by providing on-the-job training so you can learn in the same environment you’ll be working in and to learn skills for more advanced roles.
You may be eligible if you are an unemployed worker, a part time worker, an underemployed worker*, or an incumbent worker*.
*Underemployed and incumbent workers may be eligible if they have experienced a negative economic impact due to the pandemic in their occupation or level of training.
For a fillable application, please click the link below:
Program Partners:
This program is made available by a grant from the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. If you have a disability and need assistance with this information, please dial 7-1-1 for Wisconsin Relay Service. Please contact 715-685-1425 to request free of charge information in an alternative format, including a translation to your preferred language.