Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants

Standard Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants

The objective of the Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) standard grant program is to award funds to businesses from all Wisconsin industry sectors that reimburse the costs of customized occupational training for unemployed, underemployed, and incumbent workers. The customized, business-driven training will qualify workers for full-time employment, higher level employment, or increased wages.

Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants

Open to all industry sectors and companies of any size.

Grant Amount: Grant awards range from $5,000 to $400,000 per grantee. A grantee serving as an applicant for a consortium of employment placement partners may apply for more than $400,000.

Match: Cash or in-kind match equal to 50% of the amount of the grant award is required.

Application deadline: 3 P.M. CST Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.

• Grant Program Announcement (GPA)
• Rubric
• Wisconsin Fast Forward Application Webinar
• Industry Sectors Worker Training Grants FAQ
• WFF Standard Application Instructions

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Expanded Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants

The objective of the Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) expanded grant program is to award funds that reimburse the costs of workforce development activities, as specified in the Grant Program Announcement (GPA).

Technical Education Equipment Grant

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to train high school students in advanced manufacturing or construction fields to help address Wisconsin's skilled worker shortage and award grant funds so that not less than one-third of grant funds awarded in a fiscal biennium are provided to applicants that are either school districts that are eligible for sparsity aid or consortia that include at least one school district that is so eligible.

Open to Wisconsin school districts or consortia consisting of multiple school districts.

Amount: Approximately $1,021,363 is being made available with $1 million allocated for awards after July 1, 2025.

Grant Amount: Grant awards will range from $5,000 to $100,000 per grantee.

Match: Applicants are required to provide matching funds in the form of money or the monetary value of donated equipment that are contributed from private sources, or the applicant or from both private sources and the applicant that are equal to one of the following:

1. If the matching funds are contributed from private sources, 100 percent of the grant amount awarded.
2. If any of the matching funds are contributed from school district funds, 200 percent of the grant amount awarded.

Application Deadline: The completed application, required forms, and supporting documents to WisconsinFastForward@dwd.wisconsin.gov emailed by 3 PM CST on May 27, 2025.

• Technical Education Equipment Grant Application (MSWord)
• Technical Education Equipment Grant Program Announcement (PDF)
• Technical Education Equipment Grant Rubric (PDF)
• Technical Education Equipment Grant FAQ

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