MADISON – A $5 million allocation in the newly signed state budget will fund a talent recruitment grant program to attract new out-of-state households to move to Wisconsin.The budget provision directs the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., the agency responsible for economic and workforce development, to establish a program to award grants for talent recruitment programs to incentivize households from outside the state to move to Wisconsin and help address specific workforce shortages.
For the 2025-26 fiscal year, the budget included $5 million in talent recruitment grants for WEDC to disperse. Up to $500,000 in grant money can be awarded for talent recruitment programming in a single municipality in a fiscal year.
Ken Notes: MRRPC heard from MakeMyMove, a firm contracting with WEDC to facilitate this program. Their presentation is at the link. If your community is interested in participating please contact your WEDC representative or:
Scott McCauley
Sr. Sales ExecutiveCell: 317.902.2121
scott@makemymove.com
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