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Michigan Workforce Development Board
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.
Michigan’s first public, statewide strategy to build on workforce momentum
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 collaborative vision where state departments and external partners work together to achieve ambitious goals to increase skills and degree attainment, expand opportunities to grow the middle class, and enable business growth.
Follow Along with the Workforce Plan
The Statewide Workforce Plan aims to unlock the full potential of Michigan’s workforce and create new opportunities where individuals and businesses can thrive in Michigan.
Workforce Plan Resources
Download the Workforce Plan Handout
Download the Workforce Plan Handout (Arabic)
Download the Workforce Plan Handout (Spanish)
Download the Workforce Plan Presentation
View the Workforce Plan One-Year Achievements
Michigan's AI and the Workforce Plan
Building on Michigan’s Statewide Workforce Plan, LEO released the AI and the Workforce Plan to take advantage of the opportunities for growth presented by widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies.
Career Navigation
The Michigan Workforce Development Board is working to ensure every Michigan resident has a pathway to a quality job that allows them to support themselves and their families. In this capacity, the MWDB 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.
Michigan Workforce Development Board in the News
- $4M in grant awards will help remove employment barriers for at-risk Michiganders
- First-Ever Statewide Workforce Plan makes impact across Michigan one year after launch
- LEO Launches First Statewide Effort to Partner with Regional Workforce Boards, Drive Collective Action
- Governor Whitmer Announces First-Ever Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan
- LEO - State Workforce Board Calls for More Mental Health Resources and Creation of Local Sixty by 30 Goals to Close Talent Gaps
- Governor Whitmer Signs Executive Order Creating the Michigan Workforce Development Board