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Residents tell council Detroit workforce programs aren’t reaching communities, urge more outreach and funding
Summary
During public comment, multiple callers criticized Detroit Employment Solutions and Detroit at Work for poor follow-up and limited community outreach, praised some training graduates, and asked the council to fund neighborhood accessibility and senior programs.
Several Detroit residents used the council’s public comment period to criticise the city’s workforce programs and urge better outreach and funding for neighborhood accessibility and senior services.
A caller who did not give a name said Detroit Employment Solutions and Detroit at Work “need to be questioned under oath and under penalty of perjury. They have set a bunch of lies today, like 80% success rate, I don't believe it.” The same caller also noted, “Last month, 20 black men and women graduated from Grand Circus. They had previously…
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