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Amy Pechacek: “The Worker Advancement Initiative was a $20 million…”

Featuring: Amy Pechacek, Acting Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development

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Newsmakers: Wisconsin Workforce Updates from DWD Secretary-Designee Amy Pechacek

Published | Video Starts at 25:45

But as, but we feel that that one time money can significantly move the needle in terms of impacting those barriered populations and helping those local economies. And in addition to that program, we've also done The Worker Advancement Initiative was a $20 million investment through our Workforce Development Board partners. And a lot of that was transitional jobs, which was great for employers. So that is subsidized employees for employers. (25:45–25:55)

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