The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has a new grant program to address healthcare workforce challenges in Wisconsin’s rural communities.
The Workforce Innovation Grant: Healthcare Employment, Access, and Rural Transformation (WIG: HEART) Program will award up to $150 million in grants over four years.
Awards of $500,000 to $10 million are available through the program for nonprofit and government organizations to work with regional workforce partners on healthcare workforce solutions for rural and semi-rural regions across the state.
In the first year, $4.9 million will be available. Funding will support projects with leading-edge, long-term solutions for rural healthcare workforce challenges that help employers find workers, and workers to prepare for and connect to better, higher-quality, and more family-sustaining jobs.
Online applications and all required exhibits are due by 3 p.m., Aug. 17.
To learn more and access the online application and related materials, visit the WIG: HEART grant webpage.
