White House praises Mayor Duggan's Jump Start Initiative that helps Detroit residents improve their lives

 

February 2, 2023

The City of Detroit has partnered with 18 community groups and activist organizations on a new program unlike any other in the U.S. that will help long-term unemployed residents get reengaged in the job market. The Jump Start program, which will open to enrollment starting next week, is being funded through American Rescue Plan Act dollars made possible by the Biden Administration.

Mayor Mike Duggan today joined with other city officials and President Biden's point person on the $1.9 trillion ARPA initiative to introduce leaders of the 18 In Detroit Organizations (IDOs) that were selected through a city procurement process.

The IDOs will be the city's boots on the ground for enrolling long-term unemployed Detroiters in the mayor's ARPA-funded Jump Start program. Each will be tasked with identifying residents from the neighborhoods they're already doing work in and enrolling them in education or training programs. They will also coach and mentor each participant, monitor their progress and identify potential barriers to success throughout the program.

Participating IDOs also will be eligible for performance-based incentives of up to $2,200 per participant for each track of the program. As each IDO client reaches their milestones in the program, the IDO will receive a financial incentive.

"In the Jump Start Program, participants have a financial incentive to work hard and succeed, and so do the IDOs that are helping them along the way," said Mayor Duggan. "We really believe that this approach will result in a lot of Detroiters who had stopped trying to find work getting onto a path to gainful employment that can sustain them. We are deeply appreciative to President Biden for create the ARPA program and making Jump Start possible."

The innovative, results-driven nature of the Jump Start program and other ARPA-funded city programs brought President Biden's top ARPA advisor, Gene Sperling, to Detroit to be a part of the announcement.

"Mayor Duggan's Jump Start Initiative to put those who have faced long-term unemployment on a path to a strong, dignified job is a national model of how to deploy President Biden's American Rescue Plan to address not only the immediate challenges created by the Pandemic but to ensure a more equitable recovery that leaves no one behind," said Gene Sperling, American Rescue Plan Coordinator and Senior Advisor to the President. "The entire Detroit-At Work Adult Scholarship program is indeed one that President Biden has highlighted as one of the nation's most innovative, pro-work strategies funded by the American Rescue Plan to build a larger, more skilled, and more inclusive workforce."

Jump Start just one of many ARPA funded initiatives

Each JumpStart participant has unique education, training, and personal needs; we will work with IDOs to make sure enrollees are on the best path to achieve success, whether they're enrolled in a part-time or full-time program.

For more information on the Jump Start Initiative visit https://detroitmi.gov/news

Jump Start is just one of nearly 100 ARPA-funded initiatives the City is undertaking after developing the plan through nearly 70 community input meetings. Through the Renew Detroit program, the City is also replacing old roofs on the homes of hundreds of low income seniors, doubling the number of grants it provides to Detroit entrepreneurs through Motor City Match, as well as investing tens of millions of ARPA dollars in public safety, parks and recreation, neighborhood beautification and more. A complete listing with the status of each project can be found at http://www.detroitmi.gov/arpa

 

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