Oakland County Michigan Works! Southfield Service Center of Oakland County, is a Division of the City of Southfield in cooperation with Southfield Public Schools. Funded by the Workforce Development Agency, State of Michigan (WDA, SOM) through the Oakland County Workforce Development Board to administer the following programs for job seekers and employers:

• Employment Services
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
• Partnership, Accountability, Training, Hope (PATH)

Oakland County Michigan Works! Southfield is one of six Service Centers in Oakland County. As a One-Stop Center, we have designed our programs to fit our local needs, working together with our Business Development Department, Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce and schools to fulfill the WDA, SOM Mission Statement “to develop a system that produces a workforce with the required skills to maintain and enhance the Michigan Economy.”

Its major premise is that all major workforce development and economic development services should be available through a single point of entry. Oakland County Michigan Works Southfield! focus is to help ensure that Michigan’s employers hire better educated and better trained employees.