• Determine the current situation of the employer and the employees;
• Obtain information about the characteristics of the workforce (e.g., education level, skill level, barriers to re-employment);
• Determine what services are needed by the employees and what is being offered by the employer (and union, if applicable);
• Provide an overview of available dislocated worker services;
• Provide general information about unemployment benefits;
• Provide information on available services, including Joint Adjustment Committees, the Peer-to-Peer program, worker orientation (information) meetings, and Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers;
• Coordinate the exchange of information regarding the Michigan Talent Bank, Career Portal, and the No Worker Left Behind programs;
• Determine responsibilities of the parties for carrying out various aspects of the agreed upon adjustment programs.

When a company is forced to reduce it's worforce, one of the means that the State has of assisting the workers and the employer is by establishing a Joint Adjustment Committee (JAC). The JAC is made up of representatives from the employer and the employees, plus a neutral chairperson to guide them. It's role is to assist the workers by being a source of information about the services available. A JAC also assists by identifying services needed by the workers to address specific concerns that they may have, such as, stress management, finances, or job search techniques.

Other unique program offered in Michigan is the Peer to Peer Program offered through Human Resources Development, Incorporated. Several individuals from the plant are chosen to be trained on the programs and services that are available to all of the employees, and these "peers" reach out to their "peers" who are often more trusting of someone they already know, and more likely to accept the information and use it.