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Projects with Industry


Hope Network received a 5-year, $1.75 million federal grant through the U.S. Department of Education. The Projects with Industry (PWI) grant allows Workforce Development to expand its efforts in assisting eligible individuals with disabilities to receive employability and industry-specific skills and placement in the competitive labor market.  The PWI program is unique in that it utilizes the expertise of a Business Advisory Council, made up of private industry partners, which provide insight and guidance in the training and placement of individuals with disabilities.
 

Goals of the Projects with Industry Program

  • Increase the number and proportion of working age individuals with significant disabilities in Michigan who achieve and sustain employment in the competitive labor market through partnerships with private industry partners statewide
  • Increase the average earnings of individuals with disabilities placed into competitive employment
  • Provide cost-effective job development, vocational training and job placement services for individuals with significant disabilities
  • Establish and support the work of an effective Business Advisory Council
In addition to Grand Rapids, Projects with Industry is focusing on areas where Hope Network could create or complement Vocational Services in the following counties: Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Mecosta, Osceola, Missaukee, Wexford, Ottawa, and Allegan.





8/20/2010
Hope Network’s Volunteer Transportation System program is seeking kind and caring volunteers in Bay, Grand Traverse, Mecosta, and Wexford counties join the largest volunteer transportation network in the Great Lakes Region. 

8/19/2010
Hope Network Rehabilitation Services welcomes Zachariah Dugger, MA, TLLP, BCBA to their team of psychologists. Zach is the second behavior analyst to join Hope Network in the past two years.

8/13/2010
Take advantage of the beautiful scenery at the Family Life Center in Grand Rapids, MI! Right now the Living Garden at the Family Life Center is breathtaking, with all types of flowers in full bloom.