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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *
January 8, 2024
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*$14.4M Awarded to Remove Employment Barriers for At-Risk Michiganders*
"Funds will help nonprofits expand Barrier Removal Employment Success program, remove employment barriers for Michiganders"
*LANSING, Mich.* – Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) announced 27 recipients of the $14.4 million in Barrier Removal and Employment Success Expansion Grant funding to remove barriers to employment for more Michiganders. Funding will help the non-profit recipients provide programming to support employment and reemployment of at-risk individuals and remove barriers to employment for low-income Michiganders.
“No one should have to turn down a good-paying job because they don’t have adequate childcare or transportation to get to work,” said *Governor Whitmer*. “These Barrier Removal and Employment Success Expansion grants will help nonprofits across Michigan continue making a real difference in people’s lives, helping them get clothes, child care, transportation, and more so they can go to work and provide for their families. This will also help ensure Michigan businesses can access the workforce they need and power our growing economy. Let’s keep working together to provide services that lift up Michiganders out of poverty by removing barriers to entering the workforce.”
The Barrier Removal and Employment Success Expansion Grant Program supports at-risk individuals to help them secure and retain long-term, meaningful employment. This population, especially those currently working in low wage jobs, and those in the Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed (ALICE) population, often are not eligible for other assistance or job support programs.
The program helps eligible Michiganders with supports to address a variety of employment barriers, including transportation, housing, childcare, clothing, work tools and equipment, training materials, legal services and many others.
“Funding through the Barrier Removal and Employment Success Expansion Grant will allow nonprofits to uplift communities they serve and strengthen Michigan’s workforce,” said LEO Director *Susan Corbin.* “We are proud to deliver on our mission to close equity gaps and remove barriers to employment that lead to economic prosperity through program like this that create greater opportunity for all Michiganders, businesses and communities.”
The 27 organizations receiving one-time grant funding include:
*Grant Awardee*
*Grant Amount*
*Area Served*
70X7 Life Recovery
$422,493
Kent and Ottawa Counties
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
$90,000
West Michigan
Capital Area Michigan Works!
$617,293
Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties
Detroit African Youth Development Organization
$187,451
Greater Detroit
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
$1,000,000
City of Detroit
Goodwill of West Michigan
$568,594
Muskegon
Greater Flint Health Coalition
$470,250
Genessee County
HCB Human Care
$268,662
Detroit and Wayne Counties
Hispanic Center of West Michigan
$562,449
Kent County and West Michigan
ICCF Community Homes
$360,000
West Michigan
International Institute
$324,110
Detroit
Michigan Works! Berrien/Cass/Van Buren
$809,820
Berrien, Cass and Van Buren Counties
Michigan Works! Southeast Consortium
$346,500
Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston and Washtenaw Counties
Mott Community College
$841,500
Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Shiawassee, St. Clair and Tuscola Counties
Northeast Michigan Consortium
$232,750
Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle Counties
Oakland County Workforce Development Division
$940,500
Oakland County
ODC Network
$1,000,000
Ottawa and Allegan Counties
PartnerShift Network
$247,500
Great Lakes Bay Region
Ser Metro
$280,027
Metro Detroit
Sistahs Reachin’ Out
$558,734
Detroit
Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA)
$1,000,000
Monroe and Wayne Counties
St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher (SVSF) Center
$365,925
Metro Detroit
United Community Family Services
$437,700
Statewide
Upward Talent Council
$770,100
Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties
West Michigan Arts and Technology
$271,700
Kent County
West Michigan Works!
$1,000,000
Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon and Ottawa Counties and the City of Grand Rapids
Zaman International
$456,759
Southeast Michigan
*Total Award Amount*
*$14,430,817*
“Supporting employment and removing barriers to employment for the ALICE population will ensure these Michiganders have the ability to afford necessities such as work-related tools or clothing, housing, childcare and transportation, helping them secure and retain long-term, meaningful employment,” said *Stephanie Beckhorn*, Director of LEO’s Office of Employment & Training*.* “The Barrier Removal and Employment Success Expansion Grant Program will support LEO’s goal to lift 100,000 families out of working poverty during the next five years.”
The funding is supported through the American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
More information about the Barrier Removal and Employment Success program is available at Michigan.gov/BRES [ [link removed] ].
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