What the Detroit Economic Mobility Grants Can Teach Us

The Detroit Economic Mobility Grant initiative demonstrated that adult education and occupational training programs can work together to substantially improve learner results by accelerating instruction and contextualizing it to work. Ten organizations or pairs of workforce and adult education organizations received a total of nearly $1 million from 2018–2020 to pilot four evidence-based models for more effectively helping adults gain foundational skills crucial to employment opportunities. The grantees were supported by a technical assistance partnership of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC), United Way of Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM), Reading Works, and Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. The initiative was funded jointly by DESC and the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund (including support from JP Morgan Chase and General Motors). What-the-Detroit-Economic-Mobility-Grants-Can-Teach-Us.pdf (skilledwork.org)