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Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment Develop Strategies to Meet Needs of Employers and Workers

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 -- 11:00 AM

Responding to workforce challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment has presented a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan to meet the demand for skilled workers and sustain Wisconsin's robust recovery.

Meeting in Appleton, CWI Chair S. Mark Tyler and members sent Gov. Tony Evers comprehensive strategies to reinvigorate education at all levels, engage all employers, increase workforce participation, and align and maximize resources over the next four years.

The council consists of 36 members including business leaders; workforce representatives, state legislators, local elected officials, and leaders representing education, community, and labor organizations throughout the state.

The council works closely with the Department of Workforce Development in developing strategies to meet the needs of employers and workers. Approved unanimously by the council, the strategic plan focuses on four broad areas, each with a series of goals and objectives.

  • In education, the goal is reinvigorating Wisconsin's culture and value of education and innovation to fuel ideas with specific objectives in early childhood education, career pathways for youth and adults, and entrepreneurship.
  • For employers, the goal is engaging all employers to drive, build and utilize Wisconsin's workforce development system, with a series of specific objectives, such as increasing the number of employers offering work-based learning, and supporting employers' efforts to attract, hire and retain employees from all populations.
  • For workforce, the goal is increasing Wisconsin's workforce participation by improving access to job opportunities among other steps. Specific objectives include strengthening collaboration and support of equity and inclusion efforts, and as another objective, providing incentives to help individuals receiving public benefits transition to sustainable employment.
  • For organization and resource alignment, the goal is advocating for resource alignment to maximize return on investment and use data for continuous improvement of the workforce system. Specific objectives include identifying and addressing organizational and structural changes necessary to improve collaboration and accountability.

The council's strategic plan was approved against the backdrop of record-low unemployment numbers for the state. DWD reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary, seasonally adjusted employment estimates for the month of April 2022 at 2.8 percent, tied with the record low from March, as job growth and labor force growth continued.

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