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Michigan Works Southeast outlines workforce services, reports local training investments

3576048 · May 13, 2025
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Michigan Works Southeast presented its semiannual report to Jackson County commissioners, highlighting employer partnerships, training funding (including Going Pro Talent Fund), youth summer employment and transportation supports for job seekers.

Michigan Works Southeast leaders briefed the Jackson County Human Services Committee on workforce services Thursday, describing local investments in training and employer partnerships and asking county officials to refer job seekers and employers to the program.

Shamar Herron, executive director of Michigan Works Southeast, said the five-county consortium (Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston and Washtenaw counties) serves a regional labor force of roughly 445,000 and that 37% of workers…

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