Southeast Michigan Community Alliance Inc

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE GLOBAL EPICENTER OF MOBILITY (GEM) COALITION, LED BY THE DETROIT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION, WITH CATALYZING THE MOBILITY SECTOR IN MICHIGAN BY TRANSFORMING THE DETROIT AREA'S LEGACY AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY INTO A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ADVANCED MOBILITY CLUSTER. THE PROJECTS FUNDED AS PART OF THIS AWARD INCLUDE THE NEW SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING LEGACY MANUFACTURERS TO TRANSITION TO THE NEEDS OF BROADER MOBILITY PRODUCTS AND THE MOBILITY ACCELERATOR INNOVATION NETWORK TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT START-UPS IN THE MOBILITY SPACE. ONCE IMPLEMENTED, THE INVESTMENT WILL HELP DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN REGIONAL INDUSTRY CLUSTERS - ALL WHILE EMBRACING ECONOMIC EQUITY, CREATING GOOD-PAYING JOBS, AND ENHANCING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS GLOBALLY.

HIGH GROWTH

AWARD PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING ACADEMY (PTA) TRAINING GUIDE AND PTA PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING DELIVERY, CONVENE A HEALTH CAREERS ALLIANCE (HCA) COLLABORATIVE OF MAJOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN MICHIGAN. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED DEVELOP A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING ACADEMY (PTA) TRAINING GUIDE AND PTA PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING DELIVERY, CONVENE A HEALTH CAREERS ALLIANCE (HCA) COLLABORATIVE OF MAJOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN MICHIGAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN CRITICAL AND HIGH-DEMAND HEALTHCARE OCCUPATIONS, UTILIZE ASSET MAPPING FOR THE MICHIGAN REVOLUTION FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF VEHICLES (MIREV) EMPLOYER-LED COLLABORATIVE (ELC) TO BUILD THE ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND MOBILITY TALENT PIPELINE, PROMOTE AND DELIVER INTERMEDIARY STANDARDS HOLDING FOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THROUGH THE AMCAI TEAM OF APPRENTICESHIP EXPERTS, SCHEDULE AND DELIVER INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS TO EMPLOYERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON EEO/AAP RESOURCES, DEVELOP CAREER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND LITERATURE, EXPLORE, DEVELOP, AND COORDINATE ACTIVITIES TO HOST AND POST PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TO APPRENTICESHIP CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, CONTRIBUTE TO THE MCCA'S EPIC CONSORTIUM TAXONOMY OF ALL-ACCESS COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING AS A STRATEGY OF RAPID RESPONSE TO EMPLOYER NEED, DEVELOP A YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP MODEL, CREATE ACCELERATED CAREER PATHWAYS BY COLLABORATING WITH EMPLOYERS FOR ENTRY-LEVEL JOB TRAINING TO BUILD USDOL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS (RAPS) AND BUILD EMPLOYER-LED COLLABORATIVES, SUCH AS MIREV AND HCA, FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY. DELIVERABLES 550 INTENDED BENEFICIARY ALL POPULATIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, WOMEN, MINORITIES, VETERANS, AND DISABLED. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS INCLUDE DELIVERY OF 350 PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS LEADING TO A MINIMUM OF 200 REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS DELIVERED IN NON-TRADITIONAL AND TRADITIONAL SECTORS; A PROVISION OF $500,000 FOR TRAINING, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, AND JOURNEYPERSON STIPEND FUNDING; PROVIDING EEO/AAP POLICIES TO SMALL AND MIDSIZE ENTERPRISE TO SUPPORT LABOR FORCE DIVERSIFICATION; ENGAGE AND MEET WITH EMPLOYERS AND DEVELOP NEW AMCAI TOOLS AND STRATEGIES. PARTNERS WILL COLLABORATE WITH SPONSORS TO CO-DESIGN PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN SPECIFIC INDUSTRY SECTORS. PROGRAMING WILL INCLUDE BASIC TECHNICAL AND SOFT SKILLS THAT WILL PREPARE PARTICIPANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS REGISTERED APPRENTICES.

HIGH GROWTH

AMERICAN APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE

MICHIGAN WORKFORCE PELL QUALITY AND INNOVATION INITIATIVE (MI-WPQII)

RECIPIENT NAME SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE (SEMCA)PROJECT TITLE PATHWAYS TO THE WORKFORCEFUNDING REQUEST 850,000CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR RASHIDA TLAIB, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVEREQUESTED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 24 MONTHSPROJECT LOCATION WAYNE WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLSPROJECT PURPOSE AND GOALS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, YOUTH NEED EXPOSURE TO CAREERS AND JOB SKILLS AS PART OF THEIR EDUCATION. THE WAYNE WESTLAND BUILD YOUR FUTURE PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THIS COMMUNITY NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED CAREER READINESS SYSTEM PILOTED IN THE WAYNE WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ANCHORED IN A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE CITIES OF WAYNE, WESTLAND, AND INKSTER, AS WELL AS SEMCA AND ETDI, A LOCAL WORKFORCE SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE MICHIGAN WORKS SYSTEM.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT STUDENT RISK FACTORS BY ALLOWING WWCSD TO GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE WORK READINESS CURRICULUM, PARTICIPATE IN WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, AND EXPERIENCE THE CONNECTION TO POST GRANT CONTINUED WORK READINESS OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING DRIVERS TRAINING.EXPECTED OUTCOMES (1) INCREASE WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WAYNE WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (WWCSD) STUDENTS AGES 14 YEARS . (2) INCREASE WORK BASED SKILLS TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN FUTURE EMPLOYMENT. (3) IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY TARGETING AT RISK STUDENTS. (4) CREATE A PATHWAY FOR ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS WITHIN WWCSD AND THE CITIES OF WESTLAND, WAYNE, INKSTER, AND OTHER EMPLOYER PARTNERS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN WAYNE WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, BE AT LEAST 14 YEARS OF AGE AND MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA FOR BEING AT RISK (1) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, OR ARE HOMELESS OR IN FOSTER CARE OR MIGRANT) (2) ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (3) CHRONIC ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL (4) VICTIM OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT (5) PREGNANT OR PARENTING (6) FAMILY HISTORY OF SCHOOL FAILURE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR INCARCERATION (7) IMMIGRANT IN LAST 3 YEARS (8) NOT PROFICIENT ON MOST RECENT STATE ASSESSMENT AND (9) RISK OF ACADEMIC FAILURE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES SEMCA WILL SERVE AS THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PROGRAM, WORKING TO ENSURE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE COMPLETED AND THAT ALL FISCAL AND PROGRAM ELEMENTS ARE DELIVERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS. SEMCA WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE EMPLOYER OF RECORD FOR THE STUDENT PLACEMENTS, HANDLING PAYROLL AND RELATED TASKS. WAYNE WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE A PARTNER AND SUBRECIPIENT, DELIVERING MANY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THEIR DISTRICT. THIS WILL INCLUDE COORDINATION OF RELATED SERVICES, SUCH AS LUNCH AND TRANSPORTATION, AND RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS FOR THE PROGRAM. THEY WILL INTEGRATE THIS PROGRAM INTO THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER KEY DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS. THE DISTRICT WILL USE PART OF THEIR RESOURCES FROM THIS GRANT TO FUND A WORK BASED COORDINATOR TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICE DELIVERY. ETDI IS ANOTHER AREA PARTNER WHO WILL HELP DELIVER SERVICES THROUGH A CAREER COACH. THEY WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION OF WORKSITES AND WILL SUPPORT DISTRICT STAFF WITH SOFT SKILLS CURRICULUM DELIVERY FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM. THEY WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE WORK BASED EXPERIENCE, VISITING YOUTH ON SITE, COLLECTING TIME SHEETS AND TROUBLESHOOTING. THE 3 MAIN CITIES OF THE DISTRICT HAVE ALL COMMITTED TO HOSTING STUDENTS FOR WORK PLACEMENTS AND SETTING UP MEANINGFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS. STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR WORK BASED PLACEMENT WILL RECEIVE PRIORITY, WHEN APPROPRIATE AND POSSIBLE, FOR OPEN AVAILABLE RELATED AND ELIGIBLE POSITIONS.

DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

JOBS ACCELERATOR

A SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WHICH SUPPORTS LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.