National Association of Workforce Boards presentation - Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Grant Associates Inc.

1. A Michigan Works! Agency
Workforce Development:
Addressing Detroit’s Changing
Business Landscape
NAWB Forum 2013

2. A Michigan Works! Agency
Pamela Moore, President and CEO
David Baker Lewis, Chair, Detroit Workforce Development Board
Calvin Sharp, Chair, Detroit Employment Solutions Board

3. Mission
Revitalize Detroit by cultivating local workforce talent
to align with the needs of the business community…
…through partnerships with key workforce agencies,
faith- and community-based organizations, education
and training institutions, philanthropic, economic
development and government entities.

4. Who Are We?
• City of Detroit designated administrative
and fiscal agent (July 1, 2012)
• Michigan non-profit corporation
• Michigan Works! Agency
• 26-member policy board
• 11-member corporation board
• 36 employees and growing
• 20 service providers
• 3 one-stop service centers
– Employment and business services

5. Workforce Funding
Federal Funding Agencies State Funding Agencies
DOL – Department of Labor LARA (WDA) – Department of Licensing and
DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Affairs (Workforce Development Agency)
DOJ – Department of Justice MEDC – Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Locally Funded Public Programs
WIA – Workforce Investment Act Public-Private
TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Privately Funded
Partnerships
WP – Wagner Peyser Programs
TAA – Trade Adjustment Assistance $
FAET – Food Assistance Employment & Training
Supply Demand
Job-Seekers Employers
Key Stakeholders:
Mayor, DEGC (Detroit Economic Growth Corporation),
Workforce Agencies, Community-Based Organizations,
Training Providers, Chamber, Post-Secondary Institutions
Political Landscape

6. Priorities For Our Work
Youth
• Enhance year-round program
• Create K-12 career pathways
• Engage disconnected youth
• Build youth services network
Work Readiness
• Identify universal assessment tools
• Basic skills upgrade
• Employability skills
• Technical skills/training
Employer Engagement/Solutions
• Detroit Talent Hub
• Convener, collaborator
• Cluster/sector strategist

7. Economic and Workforce
Development Collaboratives
• Governor’s cluster approach
• Re-alignment of training programs and Business Services Division
resources
• IT systems
• Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN)
• Initiatives:
– Detroit Registered Apprentice Pilot Program
(D-RAPP)
– Community Ventures
– Infrastructure Jobs
– Detroit Future City
– Urban Strategies

8. The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Dedicated to Detroit’s Growth
We’re All Business.

9. Detroit's Workforce System
• A multi-faceted system of public,
private and philanthropic funded
programs
• Dueling Customers:
– Employers
– Job Seekers
• Primary Funder & Matchmaker -
Detroit Employment Solutions
Corporation, a Michigan Works!
Agency

10. Detroit Strategic Framework Plan
• Long-term strategic decision-
making framework
• Strategic directions that
guide the overall plan:
– returning unproductive land
to productive use
detroitworksproject.com – providing economic
opportunity for all Detroiters

11. Detroit's Four Major Job
Opportunity Areas
• Detroit is not a one industry city!
– Education & Medicine
– Industrial
– New Economy
– Local Entrepreneurs
• Wide range of job opportunities for
Detroiters with varying skill sets in
each Area.

12. Job growth is key to Detroit's future
• Stability of Detroit's future will
require growth within its existing
business base
• Detroit must remain competitive
to attract the knowledge-based
companies that value a Detroit
location

13. Future economic growth must be
equitable
• Greatest opportunity for impact in
labor force participation is to have
a high school degree and some
college.
• Detroit's 25-64 population
without a high school degree is
60% higher than the U.S. rate of
13%.

14. Education & Medicine
• Education & Training
• Healthcare and related
professions
• Locations:
– Midtown
– McNichols Corridor

15. Industrial
• Automotive
• Construction
• Food Processing
• Metals
• Transportation, Distribution &
Logistics
Locations:
• Mt. Elliot, Southwest, Eastern
Market, Corktown

16. New Economy
• Information Technology
• Creative Sectors
• Locations:
– Downtown
– Midtown
– Corktown

17. Local Entrepreneurship
• Local Business to Business (B2B)
• Informal Economy
– ProsperUS Detroit

18. Employment Centers
• Detroit has natural employment
centers that can target industries
(building, land availability)
• Create more dense pockets of
economic activity

21. Next Steps...
• Enhancing the corridors of economic
activity
• Coordinating planning activities to
prioritize redevelopment of districts
to attract more business activity in
Detroit
• Process should be efficient,
predictable and transparent

22. Questions & Comments
Malinda Jensen
Director of Business Development
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
313.237.4632
mljensen@degc.org

23. What We Do
• Program design and development
• Sector work
• One-stop operations
• Special populations
• Consulting
10,000 placements this year at
companies like: • Education/workforce
collaboration
• Business services

24. Understanding the Economic
Landscape
Meeting with:
• Economic development agencies
• Chambers of commerce
• Industry associations
• Economists
• Businesses

25. Aligning Strategies
• Identify growth sectors, informed by DEGC
• Quarterly meetings
• Integrate business development team
• Cross-sell services
• Leverage

26. Success Story
Detroit Manufacturing Systems, an auto components manufacturer
• A joint venture of Rush Group
• Leases 480,000 sq. ft. of industrial space in Gateway Industrial Park
• 65% of Park is leased to other auto-related enterprises
• Investing $29M in machinery/equipment leasehold improvements
• Received $9M in incentives from municipal and state governments
• New location opening requiring more than 600 new staff members
• More than 300 hires between August 2012 and March 2013
• 2-to-1 recruit-to-hire ratio

27. Results
175
1471
businesses
placements
served

28. Questions?
Doug Cotter
Vice President
Grant Associates, Inc.
P: 917-817-6167
dcotter@grantassociatesinc.com