State of Wisconsin to Receive Funds from Omnibus Bill

Friday, December 23rd, 2022 -- 1:00 PM

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that more than $255.7 million in congressionally directed spending for Wisconsin projects she supported has been included in the bipartisan Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

The bill passed the Senate, 68-29. Senator Baldwin has spent the last year working to fund projects on behalf of public and nonprofit entities across Wisconsin. Some state projects that will receive funding include the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for $5,000,000 to create innovative career pathways in educational sectors to attract and retain more diverse talent and increase affordable access to childcare by expanding and enhancing early childhood education apprenticeship programming.

Also, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will receive $3,140,000 in funding to support Wisconsin’s implementation of the 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Senator Baldwin introduced the legislation to create the nationwide 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which launched over the summer.

The Wisconsin Technology Council will receive $115,000 to expand entrepreneurial reach across all regions and demographics of Wisconsin, including through regional networking and educational programming workshops for would-be entrepreneurs, with a special focus on rural communities, women and minorities.

Some projects in Central Wisconsin that will receive funds include the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station Dairy Facilities. They will receive $6,000,000 for expansion of the facilities at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station in Marathon County currently used by UW-Madison and USDA researchers.

This project will finish the original station plan which remains incomplete by constructing permanent office space, restrooms, facilities for 24-hour animal studies, and indoor meeting space for stakeholders and community groups.

Also, the City of Wausau will receive $1,667,000 to investigate, assess and implement PFAS treatment or alternative drinking water options for Wausau residents. Finally, Rib Mountain Sanitary District will receive $1,667,000 for construction of a water treatment plant to obtain safe drinking water by removing PFAS, present in municipal supply wells.

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