MDCD - MDCD Announces Food Assistance Employment and Training Grants

The Michigan Department of Career Development (MDCD) today announced the award of $4,864,153 in Food Assistance Employment and Training grants to 24 Michigan Works! Agencies. The funding will be used to help adults ages 18-50, without dependents, and able to work, to find employment in order to retain their food stamp eligibility and eventually become independent.

The Food Assistance Employment and Training Program is administered by 24 locally governed Michigan Works! Agencies and Workforce Development Boards statewide.

The Michigan Department of Career Development is the state government agency charged with providing the skilled workforce Michigan needs to enhance and maintain its economy. To this end, the state's new career and training development agency is working with employers, K-12 schools, community colleges, and local Workforce Development Boards to develop a comprehensive career development system. For more information about the Michigan Department of Career Development, visit the department's web site at www.michigan.gov/mdcd or call 1-866-MY-GOAL, (voice/TTY).

Michigan Works! Agency	Amount
Area Community Service Employment and Training Council	$ 304,462
Michigan Works! Berrien-Cass-Van Buren	175,613
Calhoun Intermediate School District	127,444
Capital Area Michigan Works!	184,960
Career Alliance, Inc.	354,103
Central Area Michigan Works! Consortium	99,428
City of Detroit Employment and Training Department	1,340,346
Eastern Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!	26,266
Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Michigan Works!	151,363
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board/Six County Employment Alliance	82,006
Livingston County Michigan Works!	19,848
Macomb-St.Clair Workforce Development Board, Inc.	296,546
Muskegon/Oceana Consortium	153,749
Northeast Michigan Consortium	85,015
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments	116,969
Oakland County Michigan Works! Workforce Development Division	270,917
Ottawa County Michigan Works!/Community Action Agency	48,408
Michigan Works! Region 7B Employment and Training Consortium	110,698
Saginaw-Midland-Bay Michigan Works!	246,402
South Central Michigan Works!	126,874
Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA) Michigan Works!	278,568
Thumb Area Michigan Works! Employment Training Consortium	88,449
Washtenaw County Workforce Development Board/Employment Training and Community Services Group	80,256
Michigan Works! West Central	95,463
TOTAL	$4,864,153

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