Through the Association, members are able to maximize communication among workforce development professionals across the state, coordinate efforts on statewide projects, keep legislators and others informed on workforce development issues, and receive important technical assistance and staff training to ensure high-quality programs and service delivery to all customers.

Our public-private partnership is unique in the country, and the results of that partnership are also unique. Nowhere else do private sector business people, local elected officials and Service Delivery Area administrators belong to a unified association that speaks with a single voice on critical issues that affect workforce development. And nowhere else in the country is there a partnership like ours with state government, a partnership dedicated to world class delivery of services to help job seekers and employers alike. Those partnerships are the reason the Michigan Works! Association is able to be so effective in serving our customers.

Through its public information, training, technical assistance, and marketing activities, Michigan Works! Association provides important services to its members:

Communication Network - a highly effective network of communication and information exchange that enables the agencies to be heard at all levels of decision-making.

Training - over 1,100 hours of training annually with over 2,500 people attending workshops, forums and customized orientations.

On-site Technical Assistance - important on-site technical assistance and "trouble-shooting" on a variety of issues, including management information systems, cost allocation and procurement.

Publications - a quarterly newsletter, workforce development system brochures, position papers and legislative updates.

Special Events - an annual conference with approximately 700 workforce development professionals in attendance, and an annual award celebration recognizing outstanding achievement by program participants and employers.