Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation

The jumpstart program - desc serves as the subrecipient, fiduciary and administrator on behalf of the city of detroit for the arpa funded jumpstart program that supports and responds to the economic impact of covid by connecting individuals to job placement, work readiness training, and/or education programs to increase the skillsets for those who have been underemployed for at least 24 weeks. The program requires participants to undertake an employment or skills training opportunity in addition to attending job readiness training and financial literacy workshops. Participants will receive stipends to assist with common barriers to success, such as housing, transportation, and/or childcare costs. To help participants progress through the program, participants will work with a case manager or in-detroit organization (ido) for resources support. To ensure idos are positioned to provide helpful information and support participants during recruitment, desc coordinates periodic trainings to idos to boost public program knowledge. The jumpstart program supports individuals who have been out of the workforce and education for 24 weeks or more and will provide them with incentives and additional support to increase the likelihood of success in the workforce that remain in the program for up to 18 months as they complete their chosen educational, training, or work experience.

Temporary assistance for needy families (tanf) is a federal assistance program of the united states. It began on july 1, 1997 and succeeded the aid to families with dependent children (afdc) program, providing cash assistance to indigent american families through the united states department of health and human services. The state of michigan uses tanf funds to support the path (partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope.) program that delivers workforce services to custodial parents on cash assistance. Through path, customers engage in work related activities including job readiness workshops, work experience, community service, occupational training, job search and job placement. We serve approximately 4,000 individuals per year.

All other program services, including trade adjustment assistance (taa). Taa is a federal program of the united states government to act as a way to reduce the damaging impact of imports felt by certain sectors of the u.s. Economy. The current structure features four components of trade adjustment assistance: for workers, firms, farmers, and communities. Each cabinet level department was tasked with a different sector of the overall trade adjustment assistance program. The program for workers is the largest and administered by the u.s. Department of labor. The program for farmers is administered by the u.s. Department of agriculture, and the firms and communities' programs are administered by the u.s. Department of commerce. Desc contracts with one provider to serve job seekers laid off by a taa qualified company. The program includes intensive, long-term support, including career planning, job readiness workshops, occupational training, and robust supportive services. Approximately 100 individuals are served per year. Grow detroit's young talent (gdyt) is the summer youth employment program for the city of detroit. Youth ages 14-24 are employed or trained for 120 hours over a 6 week period in the months of july and august and earn a wage or stipend. Prior to their employment, youth participate in 12 hours of work readiness training inclusive of communication, critical thinking, digital literacy, professionalism, and fiscal responsibility. Work experience includes career pathway, community based and corporate internships.