Public Policy Chronicled - June 2010
We learned at one of the Town Halls last week that SNAP benefits are worth double the value at farmers markets at Eastern Market! Spread the word.
Many people find themselves in jobs that are not going anywhere, being phased out, or in an industry that is declining. In my case, I hit a glass ceiling with no chance of movement or growth. I saw a bleak future with little to look forward to. I started to evaluate what interested me. I had always liked volunteering and working in the public sector seemed to be a better match for me; helping people, making a difference, feeling good at the end of the day.
I learned about the No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) program that offered financial support to those who were left jobless due to the economy, were in jobs that were declining or to those that needed help in low earning positions. The NWLB program was created as a strategy to transition workers into good paying jobs and occupations in high demand or in emerging industries. This program still pays participants $5000 per year for up to two years at a college, university or training facility for qualifying occupational paths.
Needless to say, I capitalized on the available funds to change my path and since I entered the NWLB program in 2007 I have earned my Master of Public Administration from Wayne State University and transitioned from the private industry as a waitress/manager of a small bar and restaurant to working in research at the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University and in Public Policy at the United Way for Southeast Michigan.
For more information about the No Worker Left Behind program visit:
www.michigan.gov/nwlb
I learned about the No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) program that offered financial support to those who were left jobless due to the economy, were in jobs that were declining or to those that needed help in low earning positions. The NWLB program was created as a strategy to transition workers into good paying jobs and occupations in high demand or in emerging industries. This program still pays participants $5000 per year for up to two years at a college, university or training facility for qualifying occupational paths.
Needless to say, I capitalized on the available funds to change my path and since I entered the NWLB program in 2007 I have earned my Master of Public Administration from Wayne State University and transitioned from the private industry as a waitress/manager of a small bar and restaurant to working in research at the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University and in Public Policy at the United Way for Southeast Michigan.
For more information about the No Worker Left Behind program visit:
www.michigan.gov/nwlb
United Way for Southeastern Michigan is hosting two town halls in Metro Detroit. The first town hall meeting was June 10th at the Butzel Family Center in Detroit. The second is Thursday June 17th at St. Luke AME Church in Highland Park.
These events focus on food insecurity and hunger in Southeastern Michigan. ST. Luke AME Church lies within the boundaries of Congressional District 14, which has the 11th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation and the Butzel Family Center is located in Congressional District 13, which has the 27th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation, out of 236 Congressional Districts.
The purpose of the town halls is to provide a forum for community members to share their stories with a “listening panel” about how food insecurity has affected their families and ask questions of current elected officials and local service providers. Feel free to join us!
These events focus on food insecurity and hunger in Southeastern Michigan. ST. Luke AME Church lies within the boundaries of Congressional District 14, which has the 11th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation and the Butzel Family Center is located in Congressional District 13, which has the 27th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation, out of 236 Congressional Districts.
The purpose of the town halls is to provide a forum for community members to share their stories with a “listening panel” about how food insecurity has affected their families and ask questions of current elected officials and local service providers. Feel free to join us!
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