National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) Forum 2013 Presentation

A Michigan Works! Agency

Workforce Development: Addressing Detroit’s Changing

Business Landscape

NAWB Forum 2013

A Michigan Works! Agency

Pamela Moore, President and CEO

David Baker Lewis, Chair, Detroit Workforce Development Board

Calvin Sharp, Chair, Detroit Employment Solutions Board

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.

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

Public-Private Partnerships

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Key Stakeholders: Mayor, DEGC (Detroit Economic Growth Corporation), Workforce Agencies, Community-Based Organizations, Training Providers, Chamber, Post-Secondary Institutions

Supply Job-Seekers

Demand Employers

Privately Funded Programs

Locally Funded Public Programs WIA – Workforce Investment Act TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families WP – Wagner Peyser TAA – Trade Adjustment Assistance FAET – Food Assistance Employment & Training

Federal Funding Agencies DOL – Department of Labor DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services DOJ – Department of Justice

State Funding Agencies LARA (WDA) – Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (Workforce Development Agency) MEDC – Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Political Landscape

Workforce Funding

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

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

We’re All Business.

The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Dedicated to Detroit’s Growth

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

Detroit Strategic Framework Plan

• Long-term strategic decision-making framework

• Strategic directions that guide the overall plan:

– returning unproductive land to productive use

– providing economic opportunity for all Detroiters

detroitworksproject.com

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.

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

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%.

Education & Medicine

• Education & Training

• Healthcare and related professions

• Locations:

– Midtown

– McNichols Corridor

Industrial

• Automotive

• Construction

• Food Processing

• Metals

• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Locations:

• Mt. Elliot, Southwest, Eastern Market, Corktown

New Economy

• Information Technology

• Creative Sectors

• Locations:

– Downtown

– Midtown

– Corktown

Local Entrepreneurship

• Local Business to Business (B2B)

• Informal Economy

– ProsperUS Detroit

Employment Centers

• Detroit has natural employment centers that can target industries (building, land availability)

• Create more dense pockets of economic activity

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

Questions & Comments

Malinda Jensen Director of Business Development

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation 313.237.4632

mljensen@degc.org

• Program design and development

• Sector work

• One-stop operations

• Special populations

• Consulting

• Education/workforce collaboration

• Business services

What We Do

10,000 placements this year at companies like:

Understanding the Economic Landscape

Meeting with:

• Economic development agencies

• Chambers of commerce

• Industry associations

• Economists

• Businesses

Aligning Strategies

• Identify growth sectors, informed by DEGC

• Quarterly meetings

• Integrate business development team

• Cross-sell services

• Leverage

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

Results

175 businesses

served

1471 placements

Questions?

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