The HIRE Center, located at 816 W. National Avenue, offers rapid response services to employers who are closing their businesses or experiencing mass layoffs.
The rapid response services provided at the HIRE Center for plant closings and mass layoffs include:

Pre-layoff Worker Orientations

When notified of a plant closing or mass layoff (10 or more job eliminations), the HIRE Center Rapid Response Team contacts the employer and/or union to set up a planning session aimed at providing an on-site orientation to inform workers about the publicly-funded resources available to them as a soon-to-be dislocated worker.
Grant Development
If the need resulting from the mass layoff or closing is greater than the funding available, the HIRE Center will develop a grant application to the State of Wisconsin or the US Department of Labor for special project funding to provide the needed services.

Peer Counselor Training

The HIRE Center can arrange for the training of in-house peer counselors in cases where substantial advance notice has been given of a sizeable layoff. Peer counselors are workers who have advance knowledge about the dislocated worker programs and services the HIRE Center provides for retraining and re-employment. The counselors will disseminate that information to their co-workers to maximize opportunities.