Public Training

Michigan Works! Association offers workforce development training facilitated by expert trainers from across the country who have extensive experience and solution for the key issues that affect the Michigan Works! System. The Michigan Works! Association training catalog is offered biannually (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter).

MWA Directory

The Directory of Michigan Works! Agencies is an annual publication that contains Michigan Works! Agency contact information.

Newsline

Newsline is a quarterly newsletter produced by the Michigan Works! Association. It is just one of the ways members are informed of special events statewide, and of the accomplishments and innovative ideas of other members. Newsline has been published continuously since 1981.

Annual Report for July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

The Michigan Works! Association Annual Report for July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 is comprised of information from professional development, special events, communication and outreach, sources of funding, and more.

25 Agencies One System

25 Agencies One System updates readers on the Michigan Works! System and the service we provide to employers and job seekers. Included in this publication are valuable area statistics and information about the support we give to the state’s future economic prosperity.

Tracking Workforce Development Funds

This document assists workforce development professionals in gaining a big picture understanding of Michigan's programs and services. This publication can also assist Michigan residents in their knowledge of available services for themselves as well as their families and friends.

Return on Investment

This publication features information on the dollars that are invested in Michigan's workforce development system that are rapidly returned in avoided welfare cost, food stamps, unemployment insurance payments, and new revenues generated through tax dollars.

One Stop Inclusion Workgroup - Final Report - April 2006

The Michigan Works! System was founded on statutory and regulatory provisions and requirements. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1988 created the standards and requirements under which workforce systems must operate. Title I of WIA created a new approach to meeting the needs of employers and job seekers by requiring local workforce areas to develop a one stop service center system to provide employment and training services at centralized locations.

History of Innovation

This publication outlines the visionary process that spanned several decades covering both Democratic and Republican administrations and culminated in 1996 with the creation of the Michigan Works! System. The long-standing, disparate workforce development programs are now in a locally controlled system that is better positioned to respond to local needs.

Michigan created the first statewide, unified workforce development system in the country.