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Three in One:

Three in One:. Consolidating Community, Economic, & Workforce Development to Improve the Quality of Life in Washtenaw County. May 2011. County Collaboration & Consolidation. County Collaboration & Consolidation.

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Three in One:

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  1. Three in One: Consolidating Community, Economic, & Workforce Development to Improve the Quality of Life in Washtenaw County May 2011

  2. County Collaboration & Consolidation

  3. County Collaboration & Consolidation Administration directed staff to convene a process to investigate ways to increase collaboration between three County departments

  4. Guiding Principles

  5. Existing Challenges

  6. Current Structure & Function

  7. Current Structure & Function

  8. Current Structure & Function

  9. Recommended Structure & Function This comprehensive approach recognizes that employment, economic vitality, neighborhood preservation and enhancement, and equity and opportunity for all residents are inter-related, and must therefore be addressed holistically.

  10. Housing & Community Infrastructure

  11. Economic & Workforce Development

  12. Human Services

  13. Finance & Operational Support

  14. Service Enhancements • Eviction Prevention & Basic Needs • Workers & Unemployed Citizens • Businesses/Employers • Housing Improvements

  15. Service Enhancements • Streamlining the delivery of human services to improve access to our community’s most economically challenged residents.

  16. Service Enhancements • Developing a “pipeline” of qualified workers for growing economic sectors & businesses needs. Unemployed & Undertrained Workers Current & Future Employers

  17. Service Enhancements • Combining the Rehabilitation & Weatherization programs to Improve access & service to low-income residents in need of housing sustainability & repairs.

  18. The Sum is More than the Parts

  19. Implementation

  20. Embracing Change

  21. Potential Savings • Administration’s Target = $500,000 General Fund Savings • On track to meet this target

  22. What’s Next • Week of May 10th – Meet with Labor leadership • May 25th-May 31st – Staff Briefings • June 1st – BOC Ways & Means • July 6th – Board of Commissioners Meeting

  23. Questions?

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