By 10:30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, it was standing room only for those waiting to attend the No Worker Left Behind orientation at Michigan Works! Livonia Service Center.
A sign at the front desk told the grim news that NWLB funds had been depleted and there was no word on when funding would be available.
Nearly 30 people from as far away as Warren had hoped to learn of their options for returning to school. No Worker Left Behind is the free tuition program announced by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in 2007 to provide unemployed or underemployed Michigan residents with up to two years of training or education to compete in the 21st century global economy.
The good news is that the federally-funded NWLB program is not coming to a halt. Not all Michigan Works! agencies have run out of money. As the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance serving Wayne County has said, those who qualify will continue to go through the process and be placed on a waiting list until funds become available.
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