Madison College will partner with employers to meet the needs of a changing future workforce through the help of $1.38 million in Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants. The grants will provide training funds for Wisconsin’s manufacturing, health care, and construction industries in Dane, Columbia, and Milwaukee counties.
Around 411 unemployed, bilingual, and incumbent workers will get the opportunity to learn new skills, earn associate degrees, and get a pay boost, under the Wisconsin Fast Forward Grant partnerships with Madison College.
Madison College will collaborate with Access Community Health, the city of Portage Fire Department, Meriter Foundation Inc., Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries, Palermo Villa, Penda, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, and TriEnda LLC, under the agreements recently announced by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Recruiting is underway for the SSM Health Care partnership with Madison College that will train current workers to become licensed practical nurses, with students tentatively completing the program in March 2026.
Of the $3.97 million Wisconsin Fast Forward grants announced in March, the majority included partnerships with Madison College.
The Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants include, among others:
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$52,800 to Access Community Health Centers Inc. in Dane County to partner with Madison College to train eight employees to become medical assistants;
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$278,354 to SSM Health Care of Wisconsin in Dane County to partner with Madison College to train 16 current workers to gain the skills needed to become licensed practical nurses; and
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$93,478 to Meriter Foundation Inc. in Dane County to partner with Madison College to train eight unemployed people on skills to become surgical technicians, which will lead to an associate degree.
