2023-5 - Career Readiness Training Services RFP

DESC oversees nine(9) Detroit Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers and contracts with qualified entities to provide workforce development services to job seekers and employers. Locally, the Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers are branded as Detroit at Work Career Centers.  DESC is also a proud member of the American Job Center network.

Detroit City Council approved the City’s high-level plan for ARPA funds. The Final Rule to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) established by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) permits a broad range of services intended to help disproportionately impacted communities and organizations who were further impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. The JumpStart program falls under the category of Negative Economic Impacts: Assistance to Unemployed or Underemployed Workers. 

The JumpStart program will support individuals who have been out of the workforce and education program for 24 weeks or more and will provide them with incentives and additional support to increase the likelihood of success in the workforce. The JumpStart program is intended to be a temporary, supplemental means of support for program participants. Participants may remain in the program for up to 18 months as they complete their chosen educational, training, or work experience. Participants of this program will be individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. JumpStart aims to mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce the barriers to employment that have prolonged a full and equitable recovery for those displaced from the workforce.

On behalf of the City of Detroit, DESC is seeking proposals from qualified applicants to provide career readiness training services. 
DESC plans to award a minimum of one (1) contract for requested services as detailed in this RFP.