W-2 Community Steering Committee

Created according to Sub 1 to Resolution 266 1996-97..

Statutorily prescribed duties of the Steering Committee include:

1. Advise the Wisconsin Works agency concerning employment and training activities.
2. Identify and encourage employers to provide permanent jobs.
3. Create, and encourage others to create, subsidized jobs.
4. Create, and encourage others to create, on-the-job training sites.
5. Guide the entrepreneurial effort of participants.
6. Provide mentors, both from its membership and from recruitment from the community, to provide job-related guidance including assistance in resolving job related issues and the provision of job leads or references.
7. Coordinate with the Council of Workforce Excellence to ensure compatibility of purpose and to avoid duplication of effort.
8. Work with participants, employers, child care providers and the community to identify child care needs, improve access to child care, and expand the availability of child care.
9. Seek sources of private funding to match employment skills advancement grants.