The Mayor’s Workforce Development Board (MWDB) is directly responsible and accountable to the State of Michigan, Talent Investment Agency (TIA) for the planning and oversight of talent development programs in the City of Detroit. Designated by the MWDB, Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC) serves as the fiscal and administrative entity that provides workforce services to job seekers and employers. DESC’s primary funding streams for programs include Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (formerly known as the Workforce Investment Act), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) employment and training services (known in Michigan as the PATH program: Partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope.), SNAP E&T (known in Michigan as the Food Assistance Employment and Training (FAE&T) Program), Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES), combined with other public and private grants and funding. DESC manages the Detroit Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Centers and a network of eight PATH service providers. The Corporation enters into contracts with qualified entities to provide workforce development programs and services to job seekers and employers.
Funding Opportunity Description: DESC is seeking proposals from qualified applicants to provide FAE&T Plus services to low-income Detroit residents. Under FAE&T Plus, workforce development services provided with non-federal funds to eligible food assistance recipients can be partially reimbursed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service. This solicitation will include new providers who have not been approved for funding under FAE&T Plus. Providers already approved for FAE&T Plus need not respond to this RFP.
• If a contract is awarded as a result of this RFP it will be a DESC Professional Services Contract.
• The term of the contract will be for one (1) year period and at most, two (2) one-year renewal options.
