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DCF Secretary Eloise Anderson was Honored at the Transitional Jobs Celebration

December 15, 2018

By Nyesha Stone Milwaukee used to be an industrial city that provided family wages to the Black community, when our family members migrated here from the South. People came here for a better … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Eloise Anderson, Nyesha Stone, Transitional Jobs

Transitional Jobs Program Information Session Jan 14

January 10, 2015

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Popular Interests In This Article: Transitional Jobs

Common Council approves Milwaukee Jobs Act initiative

July 27, 2012

The Common Council this week approved creation of the Milwaukee Jobs Act -Transitional Jobs Program – a multifaceted effort to create employment opportunities for city young people and job seekers … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ashanti Hamilton, Common Council, Earn and Learn, Milele A. Coggs, Milwaukee Common Council, Milwaukee Jobs Act, Nik Kovac, Tom Barrett, Transitional Jobs

Poverty is violence, a look into the Black unemployment surge

September 10, 2011

By Lynda L. Jones Over this recent Labor Day weekend, unemployment news was beyond dismal for the Black population especially. The August jobs report shows that Black unemployment is the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Unemployment, Labor Day, Lynda Jones, Lynda L. Jones, Poverty Is Violence, Robert Bell Photography, Transitional Jobs

DCF Secretary announces thousands in Milwaukee building skills and gaining jobs through the Transitional Jobs Program

July 9, 2011

The Department of Children and Families Secretary Eloise Anderson announced this week that the transitional jobs program will help provide 4,000 individuals with an immediate income, an opportunity to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fatherhood, Transitional Jobs, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

Jobs program earns legislative approval

June 4, 2011

A program that is matching low-income job seekers with businesses appears to have gained the support needed in Madison to continue. The future of the Transitional Jobs Program was up in the air … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Joint Committee on Finance, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Milwaukee Works, Social Development Commission, Transitional Jobs

Legislature approves Coggs’ progressive agenda

May 1, 2010

“Accomplished with the support of people across the state,” Coggs says Sen. Spencer Coggs’ Progressive legislative agenda of educating children, protecting toddlers in day care centers, bolstering … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anti-Union Busting, Bullying in Schools, Day Care Van Alarms, Housing Trust Fund, Jeanetta Simpson-Robinson, Juneteenth Day, Mandatory 5 Year Old Kindergarten, Minority Cancer Awareness Day, Public Defenders, Race-Based Logos, Spencer Coggs, Transitional Jobs, Unemployment Insurance, Victims Fair Housing, Worker Freedom Act, Workers Compensation

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Here’s the Formula. What’s the Solution?

November 28, 2009

November 2009 Column By Don Sykes, President/CEO of Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board www.milwaukeewib.org Let’s start with what we already know: Like many other major cities, Milwaukee … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Don Sykes, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Transitional Jobs

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