UMOS awarded state contracts to operate transitional jobs programs Share Milwaukee-based UMOS, Inc. has been awarded two new contracts totaling $1.87 million to operate transitional jobs programs in six additional Wisconsin counties. The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families contracts include a $595,000 grant to run the program in Kenosha County and a $1.275 million grant to operate the program in Brown, Outagamie, Winnebago, Oconto and Marinette counties. The Transitional Jobs Program provides subsidized employment for unemployed individuals who are ex-offenders, have child support orders, have child welfare reunification plans or are former foster youth. UMOS pays the employees’ wages for the first 6 months of on-the-job training at an area employer, after which the employee joins the employer’s payroll.