Phase Two of Earn + Learn is happening now. The Detroit-area program involves multiple partners working together to train, place and maintain participants in employment. Earn + Learn [Phase One] was a two-year statewide initiative that began in the fall of 2011. The success of the program allowed it to secure new funding and start up again.
Our goal is to help you achieve a new career path. We provide technical training for high-demand, well-paid jobs in these fields: Blight Removal, Construction Trades’ Pre-Apprenticeship, Truck Driving, Manufacturing, Information Technology and Health Care. We also provide numerous support services and work readiness, math and English skills training to help you succeed.
To qualify for Earn + Learn, you must live in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck. You must be legally able to work, pass a drug test, and also must meet at least one of these criteria:
A minority male 18-24 years
A formerly incarcerated adult
A chronically unemployed adult
Check out our 2016 program schedule and start planning for your future today. Download: Earn + Learn 2016 Program Schedule See a program that is right for you or want to learn more? Fill out our online interest form or contact our staff.
Focus: HOPE has a new Earn + Learn program starting soon, and SWES has one beginning April 27th. Fill out our online interest form or contact our staff to see if you are eligible to participate in our 4-week Work Readiness Training Programs, vocational training, and support and placement services! More programs will be coming up in […]
Contact Southwest Economic Solutions Today to Begin Steps to Enroll in 2015 Programs! Download the flyer for our next program focused on construction. Future programs will be dedicated to truck driving and food production, processing and distribution. Mac Elabed – 313-297-0078 | Stella Carrillo – 313-841-9641 For Focus: HOPE programs that can lead to careers in manufacturing, […]
[Detroit — December 2014] Even before he came to the Earn and Learn orientation, Dabiante Fowlkes had done his homework and knew which of the three job training opportunities offered by the program would work best for him, given his situation. “I have a felony background, and although I have really changed my life, it’s […]
The Earn and Learn Participant Advisory Council has embarked on a trip to Washington D.C. to help our elected officials understand the importance of programs like Earn and Learn that help people get back on their feet. “I enjoyed speaking and telling my story and really hope this trip changes the […]
The 21st cohort of Earn and Learn students graduated from Focus: HOPE on March 8th – the 45th anniversary of the civil rights organization. The students spent four weeks in job readiness training and now will start working part time jobs and continuing their education. Families of the students attended the program to show their […]
Ro’Shon Cobb is starting 2013 out with two part-time jobs and ambitious plans for his future. After a tumultuous life, Ro’Shon enrolled in the Earn & Learn program for job readiness training. He then got not one, but two, jobs! “I’m blessed to be in the Focus: HOPE family,” he said. “They mentor and guide […]
The following article originally appeared on the Focus: HOPE web site. A chance meeting on a bus put Deangelo Simpkin, 25, on the path to a career and the financial stability he was seeking. Simpkin met Judith Brantley, a Focus: HOPE colleague who coordinates the Neighborhood Jobs Pipeline, as both were traveling by bus to […]
From the October 12, 2012 National Transitional Jobs Network newsletter: Michigan Earn & Learn. The NTJN advocates for TJ in Detroit. In Michigan, the National Transitional Jobs Network visited Southwest Housing Solutions and met with Congressman John Conyers Jr. to talk about the successes of Transitional Jobs programs in Detroit and the federal policy solutions […]
In this video for Focus: HOPE and Reclaim Detroit, the student who is interviewed is in the Earn & Learn program: https://vimeo.com/48835423