Unity Studios
Lifton Institute for Media Skills NEW!!!
Website: www.cityofallenpark.org
When its in full swing, Unity Studios in Allen Park, is expected to employ roughly 3,000 Metro Detroiters in film, television and new media production jobs!
Here's the details on hiring: Preference is given to Allen Park residents and laid-off union workers. Hundreds of production-related jobs are expected to be online by the end of the year. Training will be via the project's Lifton Institute for Media Skills, which will begin educating up to 1,000 students per semester beginning fall of 2009. Applications will be accepted online at the Allen Park city website at cityofallenpark.org. Look under the Business section, and there is a Job Bank page that allows you to enter your information.
Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (S.E.M.C.A.)
Phone: 800-285-9675
Website: www.semsummerjobs.org OR www.michworks.org
Thousands more of summer jobs are being created in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair and Monroe counties due to the federal stimulus program which are being coordinated by the local Michigan Works offices along with municipalities, nonprofit organizations, schools and private employers. The program is designed for youth from low-income and disadvantaged families. Pay is $6.55 an hour or more and the types of jobs vary from clerical work, lawn care, park and recreation aides, senior center and library aides, law and police office assistants, assistants in health care settings.
The Youth to Work Project
15601 Northline Road
Southgate MI 48195 
Phone: 734-785-7705 ext. 7266
Email: alee@guidance.center.org
Website: ww.guidancecenter.org
A FREE program for youth and young adults between 16-24 years of age. It will help participants gain the job skills, attitudes and habits needed to succeed in the world of work. The 5 week summer session includes Assessment & Personal Goal Setting and Soft Skills Classes (soft skills are the traits and work habits that all workers must have to get and have a job). Summer Session is from June 29th to July 31st, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Mihtar Institute of Technology
19307 W. Warren
Detroit MI 48228 (just over the Dearborn city limit)
Phone: 313-982-1648
Website: www.Mihtar.com
A NEW school opening March 2nd, 2009 that will teach the following fields: Medical Assistant, EKG Technician, Phlebotomy Tech/Lab Assistant, Medical Billing and coding, Medical Transcription, and at times, ESL 1 and ESL 2 & Citizenship classes. The difference with this school from others like it is that students will be NATIONALLY CERTIFIED in their speciality after EACH module (and immediately employable BEFORE graduation) and this is included in the school tuition which is also much less than similar schools in the area. The school will have day, afternoon and evening classes AND weekend classes as well! Weekday students go to school 4 days a week with a 3-day weekend. Currently accepting Michigan Works students! The school provides for their medical students: 2 sets of uniforms, blood pressure kit, stethoscope, thermometer and pays for each certification that the student earns.....this school is also a National Certification testing facility!
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
P.O. Box 14944
4750 Woodward Avenue Suite 406 NEW!!!
Detroit MI 48201course, prog
Phone: 313-833-3935
Website: www.dwej.org
DWEJ's Green Jobs training program is focused on building a green collar workforce to transform the city's 50,000 brownfields into viable and sustainable communities. During a state-certified, 12 week training course, program participants receive training for: HAZWOPER certification, Lead Worker certification, Asbestos Worker certification, OSHA 10 workplace card, Confined Space entry, Mold Remediation, Phase I/Phase II environmental site assessments. A full-time job developer works to ensure that successful graduates are placed.
Focus Hope
1355 Oakman Blvd.
Detroit MI 48238
Phone: 313-494-5500 OR 313-494-4300
Website: www.focushope.edu
Job training in several areas and placement
Note: Hope is now offering testing and placement into Machinist Training and Advanced Technologies Training. Testing every Tuesday and Thursday. Contact Cynthia Hicks for information. 313-494-4184
Henry Ford Community College--Focus on Women Program
5101 Evergreen
Dearborn, MI 48128
Phone: 313-845-9629
Website: www.hfcc.edu
Displaced Homemaker program, Perkins and Sex-Equity Grant funding, single parent programs.
Financial aid, student loans, etc. available.
AND
Henry Ford Non-Credit Lifelong Learning Program
22586 Ann Arbor Trail
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Phone: 313-317-1500
Classes for adults in financial planning, computer training, etc. Grants, financial aid and student loans available.
Downriver Community Conference
15100 Northline Rd.
Southgate, MI 48195
Phone: 734-281-0700 M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.dccwf.org/# OR www.semca.org/dcc.ht
(SEMCA) Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Center, Job Search Skills Training, On-The-Job Training, Job placement and training under The Work Force Investment Act. Career Resources Center offers
the latest in job search technology and material. See next listing too!
ALSO
No Worker Left Behind Program
A free tuition program to help people gain the educational skills to fill high-demand jobs in Michigan...these jobs are determined regionally. Up to two years of free tuition from any state community college, university or approved training program is offered.....up to $5,000 a year for two years or $10,000 total toward schooling. The funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Inquire at the Downriver Community Conference listed above for Downriver Residents (734-362-7070). Local branches of Michigan Works! are equipped also to handle the process. Contact Michigan Works! at 800-285-9675 (800-285-WORL) or go to www.michigan.gov/nwlb.
Qualifications: Must be unemployed or have received a layoff or termination notice from an employer, should not be college students and should have graduated from high school at least 2 years ago, must be at least 18, take a skills assessment test administered by MichiganWorks!, Other participants could include those in families earning less than $40.000, pursue an associates degree or attend a technical training program in a high-demand occupation, emerging industry, or entrepreneurship program.
Some careers include health care, accounting and bookkeeping services, information technology,
auto service technicians and mechanics.
Culture Of Responsibility for Employment (CORE)
15601 Northline Road
Southgate MI 48195
Phone: 734-785-7332
Provides training to assist clients in obtaining and keeping employment, basic office skills, GED prep, internships, and job placement. Serves Downriver communities and Detroit. NO FEE.
Participants paid minimum wage.
Monroe County Community College
1555 S. Raisinville Road
Monroe MI 48161
Phone: 734-242-7300
Website: www.monroeccc.edu
Sex-Equity Grant funding. Non-credit contract training (computer) from local employers.
Grants, financial aid, student loans, etc. is available.
Wayne County Community College District
Downriver
21000 Northline Rd.
Taylor MI 48180
Phone: 734-946-3500
OR
Western Campus
9555 Haggerty Rd.
Belleville MI 48111
Phone: 734-699-7008
Website: www.wcccd.edu
GED Prep, tutoring, career counseling, associate degrees and certificates in 68 different programs. Day and evening classes. Grants, financial aid, student loans, etc. is available.
Wayne Metropolitan Community Services Agency
2121 Biddle Ave.
Wyandotte MI 48192
Phone: 313-843-2550 TDD: 800-649-3777
Website: www.waynemetro.org ALSO HAS AN MPRI PROGRAM!
Employment Training Job Club/Employment Linkages provides search, placement, and job support to homeless or near-homeless individuals. Services are offered in partnership with homeless shelter and transitional housing providers to meet the specific employment needs of the homeless or recently housed. Services include one-on-one counseling, work experience placements, job search support, and job placement.
Washtenaw Community College--Adult Transitions
4800 E. Huron River Drive P.O. Box 1610
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1610
Phone: 734-677-5006
Website: www.wccnet.edu
Counselor on site. FREE (to qualified applicants) workshops on GED & ASSET test preparation, entrance into campus programs, improving reading, writing, and math skills, some job training programs. Grants, Financial aid, student loans etc. is available.
Services To Enhance Potential (STEP CENTRAL)
Phone: 313-278-3040
Website: www.stepcentral.org
Resources Centers:
Dearborn North and South, 2 locations in Detroit, Wyandotte, Livonia, Ann Arbor, Wayne
Serving developmentally disabled and mentally impaired individuals in Wayne, Washtenaw, and Oakland Counties. Community Living Supports, Employment, Mobility, Self-Employment, Skills Building, Supports Brokering, Supports Coordination and Vocational Supports.
The Information Center
20500 Eureka Suite 110
Taylor MI 48180
Phone: 734-282-7171 9-5 p.m.
Website: http://theinfocenter.info/index.php
Links people with job training and transportation.
The Senior Alliance
Area Agency on Aging 1-C
3850 Second Street, Suite 201
Wayne MI 48184
Phone: 734-722-2830 OR 800-815-1112
Website: www.aaa1c.org
AND
Detroit Area Agency on Aging--Mature Workers Program
1333 Brewery Park Blvd., Suite 200
Detroit MI 48207-2635
Phone: 313-446-4444
Website: www.aaa1a.org
AND
AARP
15100 Northline Road, Room 134
Southgate MI 48195
Phone: 734-281-2470
The Title V Employment program (also known as Senior Community Service Employment Program) offers part-time employment training opportunities for low-income persons age 55 and older.
There are a limited number of employment slots available. Placement typically is in public-or non-profit agencies. SEE BELOW FOR ANOTHER LISTING!
Michigan Ability Partners
16136 Eureka
Southgate MI 48195
Phone: 734-246-5600
OR
3810 Packard
Ann Arbor MI 48108
Phone: 734-975-6800
Email: info@mapagency.org
Website: www.mapagency.org
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
201 N. Washington Square, 4th Floor
PO Box 30010
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 800-605-6722 OR 888-605-6722
Website: www.mich.gov/mdcd Go to the Labor & Economic Growth Webpage
Provides screening, training, and job placement assistance to people over 18 years of age who are physically or medically disabled, including those who are HIV+ where the HIV has effected their ability
to physically do their job. Some eligibility criteria includes having a recent history of substance abuse treatment completion, assessed in school as learning-disabled, or with a physical/mental/emotional disability. Call number above or see website for office locations around the state.
Schoolcraft College From Chocolate Chips to Micro Chips to Blue Chips (CHIPS)
A Program for Women in Transition
1751 Radcliff Street Room 120
Garden City MI 48135
Phone: 734-462-4400 ext. 6051 Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
AND
Women's Resource Center at Schoolcraft College
McDowell Center, Suite 225
18600 Haggerty Road
Livonia MI 48152-2696
Phone: 734-462-4443 Times change seasonally, call for current times!
Website: www.schoolcraft.edu/wrc
The WRC offers support services to people who need objective and professional resources at important stages of their lives.
Downriver Career Technical Consortium
Gender Equity--Perkins Grant
2200 Gibraltar Road
Flat Rock MI 48134
Phone: 734-782-3194
Website: www.resa.net/dctc
Career and technical training in "non-traditional" fields.
ACCESS
6451 Schaefer
Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: 313-945-8159
Website: www.accesscommunity.org
Employment Service Program, Workforce Investment Act--Adult, DLW and Youth Programs, Work First Programs, specialized workshops to empower job seekers, self-directed resource room with Internet access, learning lab (assessments, self-paced tutorials (basic skills, GED, ESL, office skills) and computer application training, and a range of services to employers seeking a qualified and diverse workforce (recruitment, screening, consultations, mediation, job fairs, etc.).
Destiny & Purpose Community Outreach--CAP Program
PO Box 19119
22575 West 8 Mile Road
Phone:
Detroit MI 48219
Email: dapco1@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.dapco.org
Employability training program for ages 15-19
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corp.
Phone: 313-873-0064
Provides job training and development to residents of Central Detroit.
City of Detroit Employment and Training Dept.
707 W. Milwaukee
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-876-0559
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Phone: 734-246-6000 ext. 805069
Website: www.henryfordwyandotte.com
This hospital offers health career training to 11th and 12th grade students and adults.
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
4250 Woodward Ave.
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-833-8100 TTY: 313-833-8321
Website: http://www.jvsdet.org
JVS offers a wide range of employment assessment, training, and placement options. Other services available include senior adult services, services for people with disabilities, and services for the homeless and individuals at risk. Services are available to anyone in Detroit currently receiving food
assistance benefits, who have no dependents, are able to work and are ages 18-49. Must be referred
by Michigan Department of Human Services caseworker.
League of Catholic Women Project Transition
16260 Dexter
Detroit MI 48221
Phone: 313-862-3400
Lutheran Social Services Heartline, Inc.
8201 Sylvester
Detroit MI 48214
Phone: 313-923-4200
Website: www.lsss.org
Detroit Youth Foundation
7375 Woodward Ave. #2800
Detroit MI 48202
Phone:
Website: www.detroityouth.org
Birth and Postpartum Doula Training
Center for the Childbearing Year
722 Brooks
Ann Arbor MI 48103
Phone: 734-663-1523
Website: center4cby.com
Professional training and certification through DONA International and a variety of continuing educational programs, including nursing CEUs. A medical background is not required to become
a Doula. Some scholarships are available.
FRESH START
Phone: 313-875-5182 Beth Roberts
A program ran in conjunction with the Wayne County Jails and police dept's. Attempts to take women off the street in Detroit (for instance prostitutes) and helps them start new lives, including clothing, toiletries, housing, furniture, job training, etc. Residents graduate through several levels of programming before graduation.
Washtenaw County Workforce Development Board
Employment, Training, and Community Services Group
555 Towner Street
Ypsilanti MI 48197
Phone: 313-484-6650
Detroit Hispanic Development Corp.
1211 Trumbull
Detroit MI 48216-1940
Phone: 313-967-4880
Email: MKelty@dhdc1org
Website: www.dhdc1.org
Job training and assistance for the Hispanic population.
CareGivers
2111 Woodward Ave. #700
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-964-5070 OR 800-676-5071
Email: communications@cgcares.org
Website: www.cgcares.org
Employee Readiness Training
Comprehensive Services for the Developmentally Disabled
Main Office:
1505 Dixie Drive
Monroe MI 48162
Phone: 734-241-7441
Website: www.csdd.org
AND
98 Winchester
Monroe MI 48161
Phone: 734-241-7011
AND
15099 13 Mile Road
Warren MI 48088
Phone: 586-294-3644
AND
55800 New Haven
Chesterfield MI 48051
Phone: 586-749-0772
Vocational services, community integration, and skills training for adults with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
Think Of Your Work Future
Senior Employment Program
Phone: 734-281-2470
Job seekers age 55 or older and have low-income are eligible for AARP SCEP. Paid retraining programs also available.
National Indian Council on Aging, Inc.
19678 Harper Ave., Suite 104
Grosse Pointe, MI 48236
Phone:
Website: www.nicoa.org
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
196 Caesar E. Chavez PO Box 430598
Pontiac, MI 48343-0598
Phone: 248-209-2600
Email: info@olhsa.org
Website: www.olhsa.org ALSO HAS PRISONER RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS
Senior AIDES is designed to provide employment and training opportunities to older adults while providing services in the community. Older adults are placed in paid, subsidized positions at non-profit and government organizations in Oakland County. To be eligible, one must be 55 or older and have an income at or below 125% of poverty.
Rochester Area Neighborhood House
1234 Inglewood PO Box 80112
Rochester MI 48308-0112
Phone: 248-651-5836
Website: www.ranh.org
Job coaching.
Operation Able
4750 Woodward, Suite 201
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-832-0922 OR 1-800-922-HIRE
Website: www.operationable.org
A nonprofit organization in Detroit that helps people mid-career and beyond who are trying to reenter the job network. Operation Able of Michigan provides basic skills, computer training, counseling, job development & placement.
National Job Corps
U.S. Department of Labor
Phone; 1-800-733-5627 OR 313-852-0300
11801 Woodrow Wilson Street, Detroit MI 48206 313-852-0300
Website: www.jobcorps.dol.gov
Training offered in more than 160 different jobs for ages 16 to 24 who are U.S. citizens or legal
residents and meet income requirements.
4C (Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County, Inc.)
2151 E. Jefferson, Suite 420
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: 313-259-4411 TTY: 313-259-0076
V/TTY: 1-800-649-3777
Email: detroitwayne4c@aol.com
Website: www.mi4c.org
Job Bank, Emergency Child Care Assistance Fund (ECCAF) for families in crisis, central resource and referral for children/youth/family needs and issues/and community services.
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
150 Stinson
Detroit MI 48226
Phone: 313-993-4700
Website: www.drmm.org
GED completion, Job Readiness Program
GOODWILL Industries/Detroit Career Center
3111 Grand River Ave.
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-964-3900 OR 888-232-4140
Website: http://www.goodwilldetroit.org
Several programs including apprenticeships for different employment areas including building trades and related industries. Serves populations including ex-offenders, at-risk youth, psychiatric disabilities, homeless, developmentally disabled, and those with HIV/AIDS. Computer education also.
Accessible Computer Training Program (A.C.T.)
Sponsored by Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Phone: 313-563-1412
Email: mcmcadam@comcast.net
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~mcmcadam
Detroit Sub-Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
3666 Grand River
Detroit MI
Phone: 313-833-5494
AND
Wayne County Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
30555 Michigan Avenue
Westland MI
Phone: 734-737-7300
AND
Oakland County Library for the Visually & Physically Impaired
1200 N. Telegraph
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: 248-452-9162
AND
Macomb Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
16480 Hall Road
Clinton Twp., MI 48038
Phone: 586-286-1580
The ACT Program is offered FREE through four local libraries for the blind and visually impaired
and sponsored by the Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired. ACT is a basic computer-training program for new users. Lessons are one hour per week with an individual peer
tutor. Adaptive equipment is used. The goal of this program is to get you ready to participate in
other community programs for advanced skills.
Fathers Forward Program
Phone: 313-369-4600 Tony Carroll
Email: acarroll@waynemetro.org
Website: www.waynemetro.org ALSO HAS AN MPRI PROGRAM!
The goal of this program is to help parents become employed, retain their employment, and increase their job skills and readiness for employment. The program also deals with the parent's personal finance activities and links them with community resources that can help with economic stability and improve their child and family relationships. Program participants work closely with case managers for up to 12 months after permanent employment is established to maximize each participant's opportunities for success.
Program services and activities include: GED classes/Post-Secondary Education Instruction, Job Placement Assistance, Work Experience Training, Career Vision Classes, Computer Training, Resume Preparation, Job Skills/Job Readiness Training, Job Retention Incentives, Parenting Classes, Financial Literacy Counseling, Peer Group Support, Support and Guidance with Friend of the Court Related Issues, Health and Nutrition Resources and Linkage to other Supportive Services.
Cass Community Organization
Website: www.casscommunity.org
Various job training programs
G.R.O.W.
(Growing & Retailing Opportunities in Wayne County)
Phone: 313-820-2039
Email:
Website: www.waynemetro.org
The new G.R.O.W. project is a community-based initiative of the Wayne County Food System Project. This unique partnership of organizations with interests in community and economic development, social services, and local food system development is working to help residents in Highland Park and Detroit's Eastside to:
Grow food in their backyards and neighboring vacant lots
Sell the products they grow
Create a new source of income
Develop a small food-related business
Gain access to new sources of affordable, fresh produce in their neighborhoods.
The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged (NCBA).
Website: www.waynecounty.com/commServ/age.htm
Provides work sites (generally for community service functions) for qualified senior citizens.
American Red Cross
Palms Bldg. on Woodward just north of Grand Circus Park (former home of the State Theater)
Detroit MI
Phone: 313-833-4440
Email: info@semredcross.org
Website: www.semredcross.org
Consolidating the functions of smaller centers in Dearborn and Livonia, the new downtown center
will train about 1,300 people a year as nurse assistants and offer first-aid classes.
The City of Detroit--Workforce Development Department, through the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, is providing scholarships for workers who have been laid off as a result of their companies downsizing. The scholarships are for those workers who are attending school to train in an emerging or high-growth industry, such as health care. Recipients must be enrolled in a community college, university or other learning institution before June 30th to be eligible. For more information,
call 313-876-0674 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Please see below for even more work programs!
SPECIFICALLY FOR PAROLEES & PROBATIONERS--M.P.R.I. PROGRAM
(Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Program)
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency
2121 Biddle Ave.
Wyandotte MI 48192
Phone: 313-843-2550 ext. 205
Email: jkcarpenter@waynemetro.org
Website: www.waynemetro.org
Provides re-entry transistional services to parolees
(outside the City of Detroit) including transitional
employment, referrals to appropriate agencies for
needed resources, soft-skill employment &
educational training.
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit--Flip the Script Program
3111 Grand River Avenue
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-557-8777 OR 313-557-4848
Website: http://www.goodwilldetroit.org
Delivers diverse employment and training services to persons with disabilities and/or barriers to employment such as parolees (in the City of Detroit).
Operation Get Down, Inc.
10100 Harper Avenue
Detroit MI 48213
Phone: 313-921-9422
Email: admin@operationgetdown.org
Website: http://operationgetdown.org
M.D.O.C. Community-based Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Services and Female Day Reporting Program. Also Federal Pre-trial Outpatient Mental Health Services.
See also Focus HOPE listed higher on this page!
America Works!
228 East 45th Street 16th Floor (Between Second & Third Ave.)
Detroit MI
Phone: 212-599-5627
Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.AmericaWorks.com
Also works with parolees who are ages 18-34, and who have been paroled in the past 90 days, have a non-violent and non-CSC conviction, and they offer follow-up services for one year.
Matrix Human Services
120 Parsons Street
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-873-0678 OR 734-831-1000
Has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Hudson-Webber Foundation to provide services to women previously involved in the criminal justice system. Services include educational training, counseling, social interaction and more.
Detroit Workforce Development Career Center
455 Fourth Street
Detroit MI
Phone: 313-962-9675 OR 313-579-1925
Washtenaw County Workforce Development Board
Employment, Training, and Community Services Group
555 Towner Street
Ypsilanti MI 48197
Phone: 313-484-6650
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
Central Office:
196 Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
PO Box 430598
Pontiac MI 48343
Phone: 248-209-2600
Email: info@olhsa.org
Website: www.olhsa.org
Prisoner Re-entry programs: Connections, Connections Plus, Focus on Families, Mentoring Children of Prisoners, Dept. of Labor Prisoner Re-entry, Oakland County Michigan Prisoner Re-entry, Dept. of Justice Pre-release services, Jail Programs.
MORE EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES
Michigan Older American Community Services Employment Program
Phone: 1-877-872-5627 OR 517-373-8230 (TTY: 1-877-889-5627)
Website: www.doleta.gov/seniors
Paid, on-the-job training program that provides work experience for low-income adults who are 55 years or age or older and live in the Detroit area. It is designed to enhance or develop skills, allowing the return to gainful employment. Participants will be expected to participate in a training placement as an enrollee at 20-25 hours per week assignment and will be paid at least minimum wage. Benefits will vary, but may include job training, job-related counseling and assistance, job referral and placement.
ALSO
"Its Never Too Late" Computer Training"
Computer training is provided in a class setting with a maximum of 15 participants and lasts 10 weeks. Training includes remedial keyboard and mouse skills, introduction to computers, Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. During the ten weeks, training participants are also provided other services: job search assistance, counseling, resume preparation, attendance at job fairs, job interview opportunities, and job clubs.
Ticket to Work
Website: www.yourtickettowork.com
A program that offers Social Security Administration (SSA) disability beneficiaries greater choice in obtaining the support and services they need to help them go to work and achieve their employment goals. The program is designed to assist people with the training and support they need to go to work by increasing their choices. Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities can find employment, vocational rehabilitation and other support services from public and private providers including the Michigan Commission for the Blind. Participants must be age 18 or older and have not reached age 65. This program is VOLUNTARY! When a person is participating in this program, no Social Security Medical Continuing Disability Reviews take place, as long as the beneficiary demonstrates they are making "timely progress" and/or working to meet the goals identified in their "Ticket to Work" plan.
Going to work while receiving SSA can be complicated...contact the Ticket to Work Operations Support Manager contracted by the SSA.
Maximus, Inc.: Phone: 866-968-7842 TTY: 866-833-2967
Michigan Commission for the Blind Toll-Free Line: 800-292-4200 OR 888-864-1212 (TTY)
Website: www.michigan.gov/mcb
Social Security Administration Website: www.ssa.gov
The DeafBlind Unit of the Michigan Commission for the Blind
Website: www.michigan.gov
Provides statewide Vocational Rehabilitation services and/or Independent Living consultations to adults and high school students who are legally blind and have moderate to profound hearing loss. Referrals for services for DeafBlind individuals may come from a variety of sources including family members, friends, physicians, the Social Security Administration, employers, other professionals or the individual him/herself.
Services include:
Training in Sign Language
Activities of daily living
Orientation and mobility
Vocational
Consultation
Job placement services
Transition services
In-service presentations to:
Community service organization
Schools, group homes, day programs, sheltered workshops
Agencies
Families of Deaf/Blind individuals
SEMCA
Website: www.semca.org/services.htm
Adult Programs (including classroom training, on-the-job training, remedial education, job search assistance and supportive services), Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs (for out-of-school youth 17 to 21 years old), State Education Coordination Grants (literacy training, dropout prevention, programs for hard-to-serve adults and dropouts), Life-long Learning, Non-Traditional training for women, school to work transition, pre-employment and work maturity skills training and support services, alternative high school services, Veterans programs, programs for older workers, Work First (job search assistance and training to Aid to Families with Dependent Children clients referred by the DHS, Job Corps and programs focusing on special groups such as Native Americans and Migrant Workers, Non-Custodial Parent Program (giving job search assistance to non-custodial parents who are seriously delinquent in child support payments due to unemployment), Welfare-to-Work Programs, Displaced Homemakers Program, Corrections Program, Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program.
New Horizons Job Club
The Women's Center of Southeast Michigan
2425 W. Stadium Blvd.
Ann Arbor MI
Phone: 734-973-6779
Website: http://www.womenscentersemi.org
Children's Aid Society
Destination Services
7373 Woodward Ste.#202
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-924-0834
Medical career training for ages 18 to 21
Website: www.casmichigan.org
Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan
20300 Civic Center Dr. Suite 250
Southfield MI 48076
Phone: 248-351-7979 OR 800-377-6226
Website: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/michigan
Educational workshops & conferences, free training for people with epilepsy including employment.
Detroit Urban League
15770 James Couzens Hwy.
Detroit MI 48238
Phone: 313-863-0300
Email: webmaster@detroiturbanleague.org
Website: www.detroiturbanleague.org
Offers a range of programs including employment, computer training & tutoring for school children. Free computer lab that allows job seekers to apply for work online and has job placement services with a database of job leads from employers who have contacted the league and from employers the Urban League has solicited. Must be age 18 and over who are residents of Macomb, Oakland or Wayne counties.
Future Farmers of America Special Loan Program
The local Farm Service Agency can make loans to rural youths to establish and operate income-producing projects in connection with their participation in 4-H Clubs, Future Farmers of America and similar organizations. Each project must be part of an organized and supervised program of work.
The project must be planned and operated with the help of the organization adviser, produce sufficient income to repay the loan, and provide the youth with practical business and educational experience. The maximum loan size is $5,000 although most youth loans are much smaller.
To qualify, you must be:
Between 10 & 20 years old, live in a town of less than 10,000 people, be unable to obtain a loan from other sources, and conduct a modest income producing project in a supervised program of work.
Career Positives
Phone:
Email: careerpositives.org
Website: www.careerpositives.org
A Lincoln Park-based non-profit organization that assists individuals with mental and physical challenges with overcoming barriers to their personal and professional success.
Youth Opportunity Program--SEMCA
Monroe County Intermediate School District/Youth Opportunity Program
1101 S. Raisinville Road
Monroe MI 48161
Phone: 734-242-5799 ext. 1516
If you are 16-21 years old, from a low-income family and could use help to complete a diploma, GED or to get and keep a job. One-on-one study sessions, GED test payment, assistance with college enrollment and applying for financial aid, advanced training and certificate program, other supportive services including transportation. Also career exploration, individual job search, personalized resume and cover letter construction, work-readiness workshops, job shadowing.
AARP Senior Community Service Employment Program
Website: www.aarp.org/scsep
Helps low-income job seekers age 55 and older gain the sills and experience to transition into permanent, unsubsidized jobs. In their training assignments, participants contribute over eight million hours of community service annually, helping local nonprofit organizations expand key services. Check the website for an area near you!
Mercy Education Project
Phone: 313-963-5881
Provides educational opportunities, life skills development, and cultural enrichment for women and girls who have limited access to resources, to enable them to improve the quality of their lives and achieve self-sufficiency. Also provides meals, child care and transportation for students.
The Greening of Detroit
1418 Michigan Avenue
Detroit MI 48216
Phone: 313-237-8733
Email: info@greeningofdetroit.com
Website: www.greeningofdetroit.com
Summer youth employment programs for youths age 14 to 24.
Food Gatherers Community Kitchen Job Training Program
PO Box 131037
Ann Arbor MI 48113
Phone: 734-761-2796
Email: info@foodgatherers.org
Website: www.foodgatherers.org
Teaches culinary skills, food safety and job skills.
Job Accommodation Network
Phone: 800-526-7234 OR 877-781-9403 TTY
Website: www.Jan.vu.edu
Yatooma's Foundation For The Kids
219 Elm Street
Birmingham MI 48009-6306
Phone: 888-987-KIDS (5437)
Website: www.forthekidsfoundation.org
Non-profit dedicated to providing guidance, stability and & financial assistance to families with children who have lost one or both parents. Offers Scholarships, tutorial assistance, vocational training & job placement assistance, career planning and budget assistance.
SOAR Across Michigan
Michigan Dept. of Community Health
Phone: 313-456-4360
Email: Bellamy@michigan.gov Monica Bellamy
SOAR stands for "SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery" For people, who are homeless with mental health problems that impair cognition or who are return to the community from institutions (jails, prisons or hospitals), access to these programs can be extremely challenging. The application process ford, SSI/SSDI is complicated, detailed, and often difficult to navigate. Typically, about 10 to 15% of the individuals who are homeless have these benefits.
The Angel House (KRAT& CO)
PO Box 40629
Redford MI 48239
Phone: 248-622-0359
Email: krait@yahoo.com
Website: krait.com/services
The Angel House is a community based, non-profit organization that has a vision of breaking generational curses within families who choose to live on the welfare system. They will provide adequate housing, education, guidance, and self-enrichment training for young women ages 14 through 21 years of age who may have experienced a temporary setback due to life-changing events while striving to take care of family responsibilities. Young women have an opportunity to become self-employed and/or independent contractors in areas such as information technology, tax preparation, real estate, photography, cosmetology, insurance and fitness instructors. Other services include worship services, licensed day care services, individual and group counseling sessions, and adequate housing during and after completion of the program.
Barnabas Youth Opportunities Center
3530 Grand River
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-831-4488
Email: BarnabasYou@aol.com
Website: www.barnabasyouth.net
Provides job skills assessment, job search assistance, and career, employment, and educational counseling to youth in need of jobs or who want to explore potential career careers. Support services include referrals and transportation to employment/career exploration programs sponsored by businesses and other organizations and assistance in enrolling in G.E.D. programs if needed.
Primarily for Detroit youth ages 14-21.
Children's Aid Society
7375 Woodward Ave., Suite 2700
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-961-8100
For low-income individuals ages 13-21 who are residents of Wayne County. Offers job readiness &
employment training to help high-risk youth acquire the knowledge and skills necessary. Services include classroom training focused on positive self-esteem, communication skills, life skills, positive work ethics, and job readiness.
Crossroads of Michigan
14641 E. Jefferson
Detroit MI 48215-2966
Phone: 313-822-1660 OR 313-831-2000
Offers comprehenisive employment services to individuals age 18 and over. Provides transportation
assistance and interview clothing when necessary. Makes referrals to educational programs and agencies where training is available.
Joy of Jesus
12255 Camden Street
Detroit MI 48213
Provides four weeks (M-F from 9 to 2 p.m.) of remedial math, language, and reading instruction and employment preparation. Candidates who complete the program receive job search assistance and
follow-up support from agency staff. Classes are offered on-site and at partner churches throughout
Detroit.
MARINERS INN
445 Ledyard #201
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-962-9446
Website: www. marinersinn.org
Offers a Career Initiative Center that offers supportive outpatient counseling, substance abuse assessment and referral services, employment & housing assistance along with indivdual and/or group counseling and transportation. The Alumni Program assists men who have successfully completed the
Residential Treatment Program and are not currently enrolled in one of the aftercare programs offered.
WEBSITES FOR OVER 50 CROWD!
www.workforce50.com
This website offers a job board, searchable by state, with postings from employers specifically interested in hiring workers who are 50 and older. The site also offers career and education sections with local salary and growth data for a wide range of jobs geared toward seniors considering a career transition.
www.seniorjobbank.org
A sister site to the above website. Creating a job-seeker account on either site will allow you to access
employment resources and post your resume on both sites. Employers who post here are committed
to hiring baby boomers and older workers, even paying a nominal fee to post on the site. The site allows you to save up to three resumes tailored to specific jobs, receive new job notices, and apply
for jobs online.
www.seniors4hire.org
A career center offering free membershiping to job seekers ages 50 and older. Members can create profiles, post resumes, search jobs nationwide, and access featured job and employer sections. Information on government programs and resources for seniors is featured, along with articles catering to the senior workforce.
Operation ABLE of Michigan
Phone: 313-832-0922 OR 800-922-4473
Website: www.operationable.org
Offers a wide variety of personalized job-placement services, including career counseling, job
matching, job matching, job training, and interview and resume-writing workshops for older
workers. Some services require a fee, however those meeting certain criteria might be eligible
for free services.
CareerBuilder.com
Site for job hunters of all needs and abilities.
INTERNSHIPS
www.interninmichigan.com
A national website that will link students from 49 Michigan colleges & universities with internships at more than 150 companies.
NEW WAY TO PAY FOR SCHOOL!
Besides Student Loans, Grants etc:
Career Transitions Program
Website: ctpforcumembers.com/about_the_Program_226.html
The Career Transition Program helps credit union members to obtain advanced training for a new vocation, trade or occupation. An UNsecured loan. The maximum assistance is $10,000.
TO HAVE FOREIGN EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS (OR COURSES) EVALUATED
Educational Credential Evaluators
PO Box 514070
Milwaukee WI 53203-3470 USA
Phone: 414-289-3400
Email: eval@ece.org
Website: www.ece.org
This service is not cheap but the cost can be rolled into your student grants, loans, etc.
SUPPORT GROUPS
JOBSHOP WORKSHOP AND Job-Seeking Support & Networking Meetings
North Ridge Church
49555 Territorial Road
Plymouth MI
Phone: 734-414-7777
Periodic workshops for help with resumes, cover letters, building confidence, etc.
Support group meetings held from 9 to 11 a.m. or 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays.
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Center for Empowerment & Economic Development
Phone: 734-677-1400
Website: www.miceed.org
Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute
Phone: 313-877-9060
Website: www.deibus.org
Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs
Phone: 866-490-6233
Website: www.mafedetroit.org
Michigan Women's Marketplace
Phone: 866-649-6636
Website: www.miwomen.com
National Association of Women Business Owners
Phone: 313-961-4748
Website: www.nawbogdc.org
Direct Selling Association
Website: www.dsa.org
vFinance.com
Website: www.vFinance.com
Inc.
Website: www.INC.com
Entreprenur
www.Entreprenur.com
www.businessknowhow.com
www.SurvivingYourBusinessDebt.com
The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center targets entrepreneurs with
can-do tips at www.misbtdc.org
The Small Business Administration offers ideas, resources and loans at www.sba.gov. The SBA offers guaranteed loans-from $10,000 and up--to entrepreneurs starting businesses. It also operates Small Business Development Centers (www.sba.gov/sbdc) in every state.
The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) pairs experts across the business spectrum with would-be business owners. For more information, call 313-226-7947. At SCORES's Website, www.score.org, you can leave questions about a field of interest to be directed to an expert. SCORE
is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the success of small businesses nationwide.
The Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, has a website (www.eventuring.org) with information and advice by and for entrepreneurs. The foundation's FastTrac business-development program (www.fasttrac.org) is offered across the country for aspiring and established entrepreneurs.
Angel-Investor groups take stakes in start-ups that more traditional financiers might shun. For a list of groups see the Angel Capital Education Foundation's website at www.angelcapitaleducation.org.
