Support Services | Workforce Development

Workforce Development

We believe that gainful employment offers our customers the opportunity to achieve meaning and identity in their lives, to establish their place as a contributing member of the community and the opportunity to achieve independence. Workforce Development serves two customer bases: Job Seekers and Employers. We cannot successfully serve one group without successfully serving the other.
 
Job Seekers with disabilities, disadvantages or other barriers to employment are provided specialized training and evaluation, job placement, and ongoing supports to maximize retention. 

Our Exodus Program assists individuals whose offending histories are barriers to successful employment. The Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative Program (MPRI) assists individuals coming out of prison with job training and placement to become contributing members of our community. 

Employers receive individualized services from Workforce Development staff who help them fill available positions with individuals that match the employers’ needs. This unique partnership saves companies valuable resources normally spent in recruiting, hiring and training. 

Our range of services can be tailored to meet the needs of each customer we serve-job seekers and employers and thereby better serve them all.

Hope Network also operates two businesses.  Hope Network Service Corporation provides training and employment opportunities in the janitorial field for individuals with disabilities. Hope Network Industries, (HNI) provides training and employment for people with disabilities or disadvantages in the manufacturing and assembly industry.

4/12/2013
Hope Network, along with the Center for Positive Living Supports, is hosting a conference supporting the Culture of Gentleness on June 27 and 28, 2013 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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1/22/2013

The late Ted Kennedy’s son leverages personal struggles to advocate for mental health awareness

Hope Networktoday announced it’s bringing in former United States Representative turned national mental health advocate Patrick J. Kennedy to Michigan in March to advance statewide conversation about the importance of integrating mental  and physical health care.
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1/15/2013
Hope Network Rehab Services’ Chris Hausbeck, PT, DPT and Central Michigan University are conducting a research project to help consumers after TBI.