No worker left behind???

At the one at 9301 Michigan Ave, you just stop in at 10 or 2 M-F to go to your first orientation. So you don't have to wait until June to go. Unless your not in a hurry, if so you can to any michigan works. We are just telling people to go to Detroit because there is no wait list. If you want to know if they will pay for the school and program you want go to www.mycareereducation.org to find the schools. And you go to http://www.michigan.gov/nwlb/0,1607,...0123--,00.html to see if it is high demand for the detroit area.

god-is-love congrats on your funding!!!!! I'm holding off paying for the summer semester until the last moment, hopefully I can get this done in time. You give me hope, you've been doing it for two weeks and now just waiting for the check, so if you can do, maybe I can to!!!!! So hopefully as soon as I pass the Tabe I can talk to that career planner. Again congrats!!!!

It's not "Free" money, it's tax payer money. So your welcome.

I asked my case worker and she said that there was no time limit, unless you got another job and then quit that.

On another note for those thinking of going to the City of Detroit to do their NWLB, it is only for the people of Detroit unless you have been laid off, displaced, and have letters to prove that (or maybe it was just my case worker following the rules, so if anyone else got through that did not fit the requirements, their caseworker didn't care where they were from). They did not say anything about that in the orientation. So when the caseworker saw my address she said I couldn't go thru and that I would have to start over in a wayne county mi works (which have waitlists). But right now I am contesting my determination letter for unemployment, so she said she will continue with the process.

So now I have an appointment to take my TABE test monday May 4th (they have appointments M, W, TH at different times). Only two more steps after that.

god-is-love why won't you have your funds in time for the 18th? Did they say for sure that you wouldn't get it in time.... I thought you just had to wait for a call to pick up your funds, so you still have 19 days.......

As a tax payer I don't like hearing people refer to government programs as "Free money". It quite simply is not free money, it is money collected from working citizens, business, and properties. I also have the opinion that no one is "Owed" a refund in their taxes through government programs. This is a legitimate opinion shared by many in our state and country.

god-is-love: Your welcome, but keep me posted, I'm also starting on the 18th and I'm about a week behind you (if I pass my Tabe the first time, which I should, and get an appointment with the career planner the next few days after that). So I'm using your experience to see where my timeline falls....... But I know that there's a big possibilty that it won't happen, but that next semester (if I get approved) will be taken care of.

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