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$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 ....