United Way for Southeastern Michigan

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Oakland Family Services

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Oakland Family Services' Workforce Retention Project serves to help low wage, low skill individuals be successful in the workplace and the workplace be successful with them. Job Coaches provide "soft skills" training, coaching/advocacy and 24/7 hotline access to low skill workers. Managers and supervisors of low skill work groups are provided with skills-based training specifically targeted to the issues the target population present.

Grant Funding

Education Income Basic Needs
$150,000

Estimated Designations*

$107,000

* These are estimates based on pledged donations by individuals at workplace campaigns. In some cases, pledges do not materialize into actual donations. The final designation amount that an agency will receive will be the actual collected donations less our administrative fees.