Baldwin Secures Over $32 Million in Direct Support for 26 Projects in Southeast Wisconsin in Government Funding Bill

MADISON, Wis. — More than $32 million in federal funding will support projects in southeast Wisconsin, including affordable housing projects and training programs for craft construction workers.

The funding comes through a bipartisan federal spending package passed through the House of Representatives and was signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, which ended a three-day government shutdown. Last year, the government shut down for more than 40 days when a continuing resolution repeatedly halted in the Senate...

Here were the rest of the construction and workforce-related projects included in the round of funding.

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing: $400,000 for the construction of a rehabilitation gym and lab simulation space.
• Milwaukee Area Technical College: $500,000 for a higher education scholarship.
• Concordia University, Inc.: $753,000 to improve current nursing facilities to increase enrollment to address workforce shortages.
• Employ Milwaukee: $900,000 for youth career exploration.
• Walworth County: $1,000,000 to renovate a vacant 30-bed skilled nursing unit to function as a Community Based Residential Facility.
• Moraine Park Technical College: $1,325,000 to acquire robotics equipment to train students for modern manufacturing environments.
• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District: $250,000 for a schoolyard renovation.