$459,846,600
The
Michigan Department of Career Development (MDCD) is the outgrowth of an
initiative by then-Gov. John Engler (Executive Order 1999-1) to split the former
Michigan Jobs Commission into two parts. One part became the MDCD, and the other
part became the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The MDCD
concentrates on delivering federally sponsored job training and placement
services, and MEDC is the state’s chief dispenser of corporate welfare and
“economic development” programs.
The
mission of the MDCD, according to its 2001 annual report, is “to continuously
improve the Career Development System [to] produce a workforce with the required
skills to maintain and enhance Michigan’s economy.” Then-Gov. Engler