Capital Area Construction Council

Grant Amount:  $100,000

Grant Year:  2006

Service Region:  Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Livingston Counties

Convener:  Capital Area Michigan Works!

Primary Partners:  Employers (6), Educational (3), Unions/Trade Associations (3), MWA (2), Economic Development (2), Other (6)

Industry Focus:  Construction

Occupational Focus:  Recruitment and Training of new Construction Workers

Summary:  Based on projected labor shortages as a result of retirements and young people not going into the construction field, the MiRSA will focus on recruitment and training of construction workers. 

Capital Area Manufacturing Council

Grant Amount: $88,000

Grant Year: 2004

Service Region: Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties

Convener: Capital Area Michigan Works!

Primary Partners: Employers (30), Educational (4), Unions/Trade Associations (1), MWA (1), Economic Development (4), Other (11)

Industry Focus:  Manufacturing

Occupational Focus: Production Workers

Summary: The Council provides support to member employers by offering a forum to report significant trends that could affect manufacturing and/or provides information to member employers.  Attempts to organize a council of manufacturers within the Capital area began in 2002.  The MiRSA provides support to explore workforce development issues that are common among employers in manufacturing and by doing so, seeks to establish itself as an integral part of the community.

Capital Health Care & Employment Council

Grant Amount: $89,000

Grant Year: 2005

Service Region: Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties

Convener: Capital Area Michigan Works!

Primary Partners: Employers (5), Educational (6), Unions/Trade Associations (6), MWA (1), Faith/Community Based (2), Economic Development (2), and Other (9)

Industry Focus:  Health Care

Occupational Focus: Health Care Workers, All Occupations

Summary: This MiRSA proposes to (1) Promote collaboration among all health care organizations, educational organizations, individual health care practitioners, professional associations, and community workforce development agencies. and (2) Provide a system to ensure that all employment and training services within the public workforce development system are aligned with the human resource needs of key occupations within the health care sector.

The Capital Healthcare and Employment Council was designated as a MiRSA just prior to the end of FY 2005.

Michigan Direct Care Worker Readiness Training Program

Grant Amount: $50,000

Grant Year: 2005

Service Region: Statewide

Convener: Michigan Direct Care Workforce Initiative

Primary Partners:Employers (8), Educational (3), Unions/Trade Associations (9), MWA (2), Faith/Community Based (1), Economic Development (0), Other (16)

Industry Focus:  Healthcare

Occupational Focus: Long-Term Care, Certified Nurse Aides, Home Health Aides, and Personal Home Care Aides

Summary: The Michigan Direct Care Workforce Readiness Training Program is focused on increasing retention of the direct care workforce by initially recruiting strong candidates into the field.  This process would include matching skill and aptitude with occupational expectations based upon standards as presented by industry employers and current industry employees.

The Michigan Direct Care Worker Readiness Training Program was designated as a MiRSA just prior to the end of FY 2005.

Mid-Michigan Construction Alliance MiRSA

Grant Amount: $88,000

Grant Year: 2004

Service Region: Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties

Convener:  Mid-Michigan Construction Alliance (MMCA)

Primary Partners: Educational (1), Unions/Trade Associations (10),

Industry Focus:  Construction

Occupational Focus: Electricians, Bricklayers, Plumbers and Pipefitters, and Construction Managers

Summary: The MMCA is a locally based construction labor-management cooperative group.  Membership consists of representatives of both labor unions and contractor associations, across all construction trades.  To address a shortage of skilled trades people in the near future, the MIRSA focuses on attracting more, and better-qualified candidates into the trade-sponsored apprenticeship programs to help remedy the future shortage.  The second focus is to improve the e-commerce skill of contractors.

Capital Area Information Technology Council

Grant Amount:  $100,000

Grant Year: 2007

Service Region: Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties

Convener:  Capital Area Michigan Works!

Primary Partners: Employers (12), Educational (4), MWA (1), Economic Development (1), Other (4)

Industry Focus: Information Technology (IT)

Occupational Focus:  None

Summary:  The primary goal of the council is to increase the labor supply of workers with the skills in demand by industry.  This will be accomplished through increasing awareness of IT related careers and investigating the IT-related components of the education and training system and recommending improvements.