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The Michigan Workforce Development Board convenes business, labor, workforce, and education leaders to oversee and enhance Michigan’s workforce system and to advise the Governor on workforce related policies and priorities, including advancing the goals outlined in Michigan’s Statewide Workforce Plan.
The Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan is the first public, cross-sector, statewide strategy to address challenges and embrace opportunities facing our state. The plan outlines a strategy to increase skills and degree attainment, expand opportunities to grow the middle class, and enable business growth.
The Michigan Workforce Development Board is working to strengthen pathways for workers to pursue additional education and advance their careers. The Board and the Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity, in partnership with the state’s Skilled Building Trades Unions, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, the Michigan Community College Association, launched the Michigan College Credit for Apprenticeships Program to award college credit for rigorous on-the-job learning that occurs in Michigan’s Skilled Building Trade registered apprenticeship programs. Michigan Trades workers who have completed registered apprenticeships through a participating Building Union Trade can use this program to transfer credits to a participating community college.
The Michigan Workforce Development Board is committed to eliminating transportation barriers that prevent Michiganders from getting to work and training to advance their careers. In partnership with LEO, the Board has launched and supported multiple initiatives to connect Michiganders with reliable transportation, including the One Step Unlock Barrier Removal Grant Program which has helped hundreds of Michiganders stay on the job and in school as well as the development of a resource guide for employers to assist workers facing transportation challenges, including workers with disabilities.
The Michigan Workforce Development Board is dedicated to supporting the development of systems and programs that provide every Michigander the guidance, training, and support they need to advance in their careers.
