1. Facilitator: Tressa Dorsey High Impact Partners
MIIA Peer to Peer Soft Skills and Work Readiness February 25, :00pm EST
Facilitator:
Tressa Dorsey
High Impact Partners

2. Agenda Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
Overview and Introductions
Discussion with:
Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
Macomb Community College
Grantee Discussion Q&A
Closing Remarks

3. Soft Skills and Work Readiness
Presenters:
Bernice Kerner, Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
Debb Ross, Macomb Community College

4. Grant Background
Bio-based materials are industrial products made from renewable agricultural and forestry feedstock.
These materials are increasingly being deployed in a number of automotive components.
Michigan is home to the greatest concentration of automotive production and innovation in North America.
Michigan is also a leader in agriculture, ranking second nationally in bio-diversity of agricultural products.
Opportunity exists to grow this sector, but presently the supply chain in southeast Michigan does not have the capacity to take advantage of this opportunity.
Michigan needs to capitalize on it’s unique intersection of strengths and it’s unique location on the border of Canada.

5. Organizations Involved in the ETA Funded Activity
Macomb Community College Workforce & Continuing Education
Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
A private-public partnership
administered locally by the Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board

6. Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
A private-public partnership
administered locally by the Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board
Local Workforce Investment Board with 5 service centers in 2 counties in Southeast Michigan.
Deliver WIA / WIOA funded services, Wagner-Peyser funded services, TANF funded services, SCSEP funded services for Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair and Monroe counties, Prisoner Re-entry services for Macomb County and the Thumb Region (including St. Clair county and the 4 counties in the Thumb area of Michigan.
Partner regionally with 6 other WIBS in Wayne, Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston, Genesee and Shiawassee counties (including the cities of Detroit and Flint), and 9 community colleges in southeast Michigan under the umbrella of the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN).

7. Macomb Community College
WCE is the Workforce Development arm of the Community College, that focuses on corporate training and grants within the engineering and advanced technology area.
Serve students and employers in Southeast Michigan with 4 locations in Macomb County.
Provides services to businesses all over the world.
Partner with 8 other community colleges in Southeast Michigan, and 7 local workforce investment boards under the umbrella of the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN).

8. Promising Practices Job Fair Bootcamp Job Seeker Business Cards
Competitive Edge (Work Readiness)
Partnerships

9. Job Seeker Business Card Example

12. Macomb Community College
Contact Information
Bernice Kerner
Macomb/St. Clair WDB
(586) Or
Deb Ross
Macomb Community College
(586)