THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

The Employment and Training Institute, created in 1978, focuses on the employment and education needs of low-income and unemployed workers in Wisconsin through:

• applied research
• program and policy development
• technical assistance.

The Institute works with local and state governments, community organizations and national agencies to generate research and policy papers on interrelationships between employment training programs, labor market trends, educational programs and welfare policies.

Recent projects include:

• Job openings Surveys
  :surveying employers in the Milwaukee metropolitan area to determine the number and type of full-time and part-time job openings, pay rates, worksite location and education and skills required.

Milwaukee is the only large city in the nation regularly studying job openings to address issues of skill and spatial mismatch and to improve technical training offered by the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

• Worker Surveys
  :surveying central city workers and their families to identify needs and skills of unemployed and underemployed workers, barriers to employment and training needs of workers. These annual surveys are supported by the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools and other government partners to increase employment of central city residents
• School to Work Surveys
  :assisting high school and middle school students, teachers and counselors in career and educational planning. The Institute prepares school-to-work booklets for students and their families on labor market issues and career planning.
• Wisconsin Welfare Reform Evaluation
  :evaluating Wisconsin welfare employment programs and initiatives. The Institute analyzed the implementation and impact of welfare employment programs in thirty-one Wisconsin counties, evaluated Wisconsin's Learnfare program, and prepares policy papers on integrating Milwaukee County welfare populations into the labor force.
• Labor Market Surveys
  :providing on-site technical assistance and access to labor market data for employment and training providers, schools, and local and state governments. Policy papers detail the demographics of low-income working families and welfare populations expected to work, and identify the strengths and availability of the central city labor force.

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 
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Milwaukee, WI 53203. 
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or to Dan Scullard at scullard@csd.uwm.edu