Detroit emergency shelter and Rapid Re-Housing programs are invited to participate in the planning and implementation of a 100-day pilot designed to better connect Detroiters experiencing homelessness with employment and training. A quick overview is below and full details are attached.

Detroit at Work (Detroit’s workforce system) and the Detroit homelessness response system are partnering to improve employment and income outcomes for people served in emergency shelters and Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) programs through a 100-day pilot. Detroit at Work, powered by the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation, is Detroit’s workforce system that connects people with the training, resources, and employment opportunities needed to meet their employment goals. The goals of the pilot are to increase employment and/or income for people served in shelter and RRH programs, understand more about the cross-population served, and use lessons learned to create the infrastructure for broader workforce and homeless system collaboration. We also want to build meaningful and collaborative relationships between the workforce and homeless systems, which will lead to better employment and housing outcomes for our shared customers. Workforce and homeless providers alike will benefit from streamlining services, decreasing duplication of efforts, and figuring out how to work together towards shared goals. 

We are looking for up to 3 emergency shelters providers and up to 3 RRH providers to: 1) participate in designing and planning the pilot; 2) be a pilot implementation site. We encourage providers to apply with their interest to help us understand more about their capacity to participate and types of support(s) needed to fully engage. Planning would occur in November and December, the 100-day implementation would take place January through March, and the evaluation of the pilot in would occur in April.

Submit your responses via this form (https://forms.office.com/r/UEkGDthU5U) by 11:59pm on Monday, September 27. A presentation about this pilot will be made at shelter and RRH workgroup September meetings to share more information and take questions. Any questions or comments can also be sent to lurteagafuentes@detempsol.org.