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Detroit council hears DESC budget; members press for skilled‑trades funding and BNEXT expansion
Summary
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation presented its FY27 budget and program updates, describing high GDYT satisfaction and requests for city support. Councilmembers pressed the administration on a pulled skilled‑trades allocation, backed motions to take several funding items into executive session, and approved additional pilot and closing resolutions.
Terry Wiens, presenting for Detroit at Work and Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC), told the City Council that DESC is asking the city for about $5.6 million and anticipates roughly $57 million in federal funding to operate career centers, employer services and training programs for Detroit residents.
Wiens said DESC serves about 30,000–40,000 people annually, trains roughly 2,000 people a year across multiple offerings and has placed more than 14,000 Detroiters through priority hiring agreements. “We want employers to pay for interns,” Wiens said, urging private contributions to the GDYT youth internship program. He reported GDYT satisfaction at about 92 percent and said 96 percent of participants reported learning valuable technical and job‑readiness skills.
The presentation outlined a post‑2020 service footprint that mixes in‑person career centers and virtual services, described partnerships with unions and schools to expand pre‑apprenticeship and CTE instruction, and highlighted the BNEXT Brightmoor pilot, which increased interviews from 92 to…
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