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Workforce Development


Our strategic vision is to be the leading provider of high-quality employment services that are individualized, choice driven, and cost-effective, that lead to greater independence through employment.

We offer training, evaluation, and placement services in specific industries based on the individual's capabilities. 

We offer an innovative school to work program for students with disabilities in their final year of High School.

Hope Network Services Corporation provides training and employment opportunities in the janitorial field for individuals with disabilities. Hope Network Industries (HNI) provides training and employment for people with disabilities or disadvantages in the manufacturing and assembly industry.

Additional employment services are available through Hope Network Workforce Development.


Feel free to Ask Jenny any questions you may have about our programs or services.

   


Free Tax Preparation Services Available at Hope Network Education Center
1/26/2012
Hope Network Workforce Development has partnered with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) through Davenport University, to be a host site for free tax preparation services. This service is available to all Hope Network staff, consumers and the public.

Income tax assistance is available on Fridays, beginning February 3rd, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Education Center in Grand Rapids.
 
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The Book of Cake Debut
12/22/2011

Hope Network hosted a special book signing of the new book, 'The Book of Cake' a collection of Cake stories from the past year which feature Hope Network consumers, employees and volunteers. 

Award winning writer Tom Rademacher, who writes the stories for Hope Network,  addressed the crowd of employees, Board Members and many of the people featured in the stories. 

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United Way Small Business Challenge
12/20/2011
Heart of West Michigan United Way invites you to take on the Small Business Challenge, created through a generous matching grant of $100,000 from the Steelcase Foundation. Any new United Way gift of $1,000 or more from a workplace of 100 or less employees will be matched up to a total of $100,000 by the end of March 2012.
 
Small businesses are the heart of most communities, yet during the 2010 United Way Campaign small businesses of 100 employees or less made up only 11.5% of total campaign dollars. This campaign year, United Way is hoping to change that with the Small Business Challenge.