The Michigan Works! system is founded on statutory and regulatory provisions and requirements. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1988 created the standards and requirements under which workforce systems must operate. Title I of WIA created a new approach to meeting the needs of employers and job seekers by requiring local workforce areas to develop a one stop service center system to provide employment and training services at centralized locations.

The goal of the one stop service centers is to strengthen the state's workforce system by combining a wide array of services provided by a variety of "required partners" collocated at one site. A core value of the one stop service centers is to assist and support all job seekers in fully participating in the Michigan workforce. To promote the goals and values within the Michigan Works! service center system, WIA includes specific regulations on nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for services provided under WIA that not only focus on services for people with disabilities, but that also address equal opportunity for a wide range of other groups and individuals (WIA 29 CFR Part 37).

Section 188 of WIA prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries only, citizenship or participation in any WIA financially asssisted program or activity. Interim final regulations implementing Section 188 were issued by the U. S. Department of Labor on November 12, 1999 (29 CFR Part 37).

One Stop Inclusion Workgroup - Final Report - April 2006
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