Changes Ahead for Workforce Development

An overview the county's Workforce Development Board and Community Action Board. As you may remember, last year I applied for both and some fishy circumstances surrounded the appointments (and my lack thereof.) Below is a quote from the article.

Another highlight of the year was the opening in November of the Career Transition Center, located in downtown Ypsilanti on the second floor of the KeyBank Building at 301 W. Michigan Ave. Monday’s board meeting was held in a conference room in the basement of that building.
Since opening, thousands of people have walked through the center’s doors, Rusher told board members. She cited a head count of over 6,000 people, but then noted that those numbers include duplicative counts, with some people coming to the center multiple times.

Some of my comments:

The Career Transition Center should have an accurate headcount of those served.
Information should include how many people the center has actually helped in finding new careers.
What types of career transition assistance (courses, etc.) have the greatest success rate?
How does the center's performance compare against other programs?
The article states that many people visiting the center have never been unemployed before. Does this mean we are seeing a shift in unemployment trends?



Changes Ahead for Workforce Development