Coordinating Council 

Employ Milwaukee’s core “supply side” delivery mechanism is our Coordinating Council, a 40 plus member association of local workforce system service providers. The Council is designed as an advisory body comprised primarily of major organizations that provide workforce development and related services and funding. Its mission is to collaborate to improve employer access to skilled workers by communicating employer needs identified by our Industry Advisory Boards, remediating system wide barriers, exchanging best practices, and collaborating on funding opportunities. Working Groups include such cooperative efforts as the Milwaukee Re-Entry Network, the Milwaukee Job Ride Collaborative, and the Driver’s License Recovery Initiative. Its primary focus is to address the needs of the worker in their efforts to insure alignment with the employers needs for a skilled workforce.

Subcommittees and work groups

• Community Workforce Partnership
• Milwaukee Reentry Network (MREN)

Members include:

• City of Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant Office
• Housing Authority of City of Milwaukee (HACM)
• Social Development Commission (SDC)
• Job Corp
• Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
• United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS)
• Goodwill Industries of S.E. Wisconsin
• YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
• M-7 (Regional Alliance)
• Center for Veteran Issues (CVI)
• Hmong American Friendship Association (HAFA)
• Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance (MAWFA)
• MAXIMUS 
• Ross Innovative Employment Solutions
• America Works
• ResCare
• State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• State Division of Children and Families (DCF)
• State Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
• Milwaukee County Office of Child Support
• Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/Big Step (WRTP/BIGSTEP)
• African- American Chamber of Commerce
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Milwaukee Careers Cooperative
• Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources
• Cathedral Center
• Northwest Side Community Development Center (NWCDC)
• Hope House
• Center for Self Sufficiency
• Pathfinders
• Guest House