The Accelerating Re-Employment/Workforce System Committee focuses on strategies designed to improve the transitions being made by Michigan workers and communities in our changing economy.  The Committee has been active in developing strategies and policies focused on moving this transition forward.  A key element was the development and adoption of SOLUTIONS for Michigan’s 21st Century Workforce. SOLUTIONS’ goal is to provide prosperity for all Michigan citizens through high-quality programs that achieve measurable results and practices that are evidenced based.

The Committee provides oversight of the state’s workforce investment system and assists in carrying out the federal requirements of Michigan’s Workforce Investment Board.  This includes assisting with:

• Review of major initiatives such as the Michigan Opportunity partnership and Local Board Capacity Building;
• Oversight and development of the WIA State plan;
• Development and continuous improvement of a statewide workforce investment system;
• Provides comments on the State performance measures taken pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act;
• Designation of local workforce investment areas;
• Development of allocation formulas for the distribution of funds to local workforce investment areas for adult employment and training activities and youth activities;
• Development and continuous improvement of comprehensive State performance measures to assess the effectiveness of State workforce investment activities, including State adjusted levels of performance;
• Preparation of the State’s WIA annual report;
• Development of a statewide employment statistics system; and
• Development of a WIA incentive grant application and the application process.

In June of 2007, as part of the Work Readiness Credential Committee, Committee members were charged with making a recommendation about whether or not Michigan should implement a statewide work readiness credential. More information can be found on the Work Readiness Credential Committee page.