LARA - DLEG Announces Additional Food Assistance Employment and Training Grants

DLEG Announces Additional Food Assistance Employment and Training Grants

Contact: Maura Campbell (517) 373-9280

Agency: Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

April 21, 2004

The Department of Labor & Economic Growth today announced the award of an additional $673,620 in Food Assistance Employment and Training grants to 24 Michigan Works! Agencies. The funding will be used to connect adults ages 18-59 without dependents and able to work to employment, so they can 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 Department of Labor & Economic Growth is the state government agency charged with providing the skilled workforce Michigan needs to enhance and maintain its economy. To this end, the Food Assistance Employment and Training Program is one component of the state's efforts to address this need. For more information about the Department of Labor & Economic Growth, visit the department's web site at www.michigan.gov/dleg.

Editor's Note: Attached is a copy of the additional Fiscal Year 2004 Funding Awards by Michigan Works! Agency.

Additional Fiscal Year 2004 Food Assistance Employment
And Training Funding Awards by Michigan Works! Agency

Michigan Works! Agency	Amount
Area Community Service Employment and Training Council	$ 42,164
Michigan Works! Berrien-Cass-Van Buren	24,320
Calhoun Intermediate School District	17,649
Capital Area Michigan Works!	25,615
Career Alliance, Inc.	49,039
Central Area Michigan Works! Consortium	13,769
City of Detroit Employment and Training Department	185,620
Eastern Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!	3,637
Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Michigan Works!	20,962
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board/Six County Employment Alliance	11,357
Livingston County Michigan Works!	2,749
Macomb-St.Clair Workforce Development Board, Inc.	41,068
Muskegon/Oceana Consortium	21,292
Northeast Michigan Consortium	11,774
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments	16,199
Oakland County Michigan Works! Workforce Development Division	37,518
Ottawa County Michigan Works!/Community Action Agency	6,704
Michigan Works! Region 7B Employment and Training Consortium	15,330
Saginaw-Midland-Bay Michigan Works!	34,123
South Central Michigan Works!	17,570
Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA) Michigan Works!	38,578
Thumb Area Michigan Works! Employment Training Consortium	12,249
Washtenaw County Workforce Development Board/Employment Training and Community Services Group	11,114
Michigan Works! West Central	13,220
TOTAL	$673,620

DLEG Announces Additional Food Assistance Employment and Training Grants

Additional Fiscal Year 2004 Food Assistance Employment And Training Funding Awards by Michigan Works! Agency

Amount

TOTAL

Additional Fiscal Year 2004 Food Assistance Employment
And Training Funding Awards by Michigan Works! Agency