DLEG - Michigan Announces Additional Training Dollars for Workers Who have Lost their Jobs to Overseas Competitors

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Department of Labor and Economic Growth Director David Hollister have announced $8,600,073 in federal funding to improve the job training and education provided to workers who have lost their jobs because of foreign competition.

The funding will go towards the operation of the Michigan Works! Trade program, which provides training, and job search and relocation assistance across the state. All 25 Michigan Works! service centers will receive funding.

“We want to help those who have lost their jobs quickly learn new skills so they can reenter our workforce,” Granholm said. “Jobs aren’t just paychecks, they are the glue that holds strong families and strong communities together.”

Funding for the operation of trade programs in the Michigan Works! service centers is made available by the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program, administered through the Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

The Department of Labor & Economic Growth (DLEG) is investing in Michigan's future by helping to create the jobs of today and tomorrow, ensuring that our children and adults have the skills these jobs demand, making Michigan a better place to do business, and training and placing those who need jobs now. For more information about the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, visit the department’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/dleg.


Michigan Works! Agency	TAA Allocation
Area Community Services Employment and Training Council	1,695,320
Michigan Works! Berrien-Cass-Van Buren	36,997
Calhoun Intermediate School District	325,500
Capital Area Michigan Works!	57,000
Career Alliance, Inc.	1,118,879
Central Area Michigan Works! Consortium	200,000
Detroit Workforce Development Department	140,253
Eastern Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!	12,000
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board/Six County Employment Alliance	381,150
Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Michigan Works!	19,982
Livingston County Michigan Works!	280,000
Macomb-St. Clair Workforce Development Board, Inc.	751,850
Muskegon/Oceana Consortium	150,163
Northeast Michigan Consortium	11,160
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments	236,211
Oakland County Michigan Works! Workforce Development Division	452,100
Ottawa County Michigan Works!/Community Action Agency	203,200
Michigan Works! Region 7B Employment and Training Consortium	243,190
Saginaw-Midland-Bay Michigan Works!	94,868
Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA)	542,100
South Central Michigan Works!	1,094,280
Thumb Area Michigan Works! Employment Training Consortium	23,069
Washtenaw County Workforce Development Board/Employment Training and Community Services Group	77,726
Michigan Works! West Central	154,959
Western Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!	298,116
Total	$8,600,073