Empowering Lives through Education, Vocational Assessment, Training, and Employment (ELEVATE) provided individualized case management, employment, parenting, and child support services to noncustodial parents who were unemployed or underemployed to improve their workforce participation and child support compliance. Services included individualized assessments for employment, parenting, and other needs and case management to provide monitoring and referrals to additional services as needed.

Transitional Employment Training program participants first completed an intensive training with a job coach on tasks for a specific, competitive job and appropriate behavior in the workplace. Program staff placed participants into competitive, integrated employment with the potential to become permanent. Participants were placed into the jobs for which they received training or similar positions, accompanied by additional training with the job coach. Participants also received job retention services to help them resolve difficulties that emerged in the workplace.

The ChalleNGe program consisted of three phases. In Phase 1, participants attended a two-week, intensive orientation and assessment. Following this orientation, participants were formally enrolled in the program and considered cadets. The cadets then began Phase 2, which consisted of a 20-week education program focused on preparation for the GED exam and positive youth development. Phases 1 and 2 required the cadets to live on-site and experience a quasi-military environment. During Phase 3, the cadets participated in a nonresidential structured mentoring program for a year.

The Milwaukee Area Healthcare Alliance, a workforce intermediary led by the YMCA of Greater Milwaukee, partnered with health care employers to identify needed skills and provided occupational training to participants to help meet those needs. The program also offered on-the-job-training and job search assistance. The program served workers in the Milwaukee, WI, region who were low skilled and unemployed.

Participants in the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership—Manufacturing Pathway received services and training to prepare for and advance in a career in the manufacturing sector. Training included job readiness training to improve personal and professional skills, occupational training that provided certificates in specific trades, and apprenticeships. Services included tutoring, job search assistance, and job referrals to partner employers in the manufacturing industry. Participants were individuals who were unemployed and who expressed interest in careers in manufacturing.

Participants in the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership—Construction Pathway received services and training to prepare for a career in the construction sector. Training included pre-apprenticeship programs to help them gain construction skills occupational training that provided certificates in specific trades, and apprenticeships. Services included tutoring, job search assistance, and job referrals to partner employers in the construction industry. Participants were unemployed individuals who expressed interest in careers in construction.