Community Employment Program is designed to:

help people overcome barriers to employment provide quality on-the-job work training with job coaching support offer excellent career development and job placement services

Purpose: The purpose of the Community Employment Program is to provide persons

with barriers to employment an opportunity to participate in work training and job placement. 

Community Employment Services  provides individuals an opportunity to achieve economic independence and contribute productively to their community by obtaining and retaining employment.

Job Development/Career Exploration  is a process where an individual works on defining and improving their marketable skills. Job hunting techniques, interviewing methods, and resume writing are just a few of the many skills in which individuals are instructed.    Job Placement  looks at the individual's strengths, skills, abilities, and needs, then matches these with an employment opportunity which most closely fits an individuals desired employment outcome.    Job Coaching  is available on site to those employees who are starting a new job, experiencing difficulties on the job, or have had a recent change in their job. Both the employer and employee benefit from job coaching. The employer gains a valuable, dependable employee and realizes a savings in training costs. The employee receives the support necessary to ensure success in their new work environment.

Evaluation:  An assessment of an individual's job related skills and their ability to work.

Referral Process:  Lakestate Industries receives referrals from Pathways, MDCD/Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Delta-Schoolcraft ISD, MI WORKS!, Michigan Commission for the Blind, and by private parties, agencies, or programs which aid persons who are in need of a work evaluation, work training, work experience, or job placement.

For more information email LuAnn Hay,

Community Employment Coordinator/Program Director,

or call her at 906.786.9212