United Tribes ) Michigan - Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Cooperative Partnering for Workforce Development
Hannahville Indian Community - Michigan Rehabilitation Services
United Tribes of Michigan Meeting, February 29, 2012, Lansing
Perspective
Hannahville Indian Community (HIC) is the largest employer in Delta and
Menominee Counties with 1100 employees.
Great place to work for most - but also high employee turnover rates es-
pecially in areas of our Gaming Enterprises.
More jobs than working age reservation residents, but still too high of an
unemployment rate for our Tribal Members.
Many people have disabilities that impact work performance and job
maintenance. Often these disabilities are not identified, not reported
and their relationship to education and employment success not un-
derstood by the employee or the supervisor.
Hiring, training new employees, firing and re-hiring is very expensive in
terms of direct costs to the tribe and in human/personal "costs" of self-
esteem and resentment.
HIC partnered with Michigan Rehabilitation Services to design a Voca-
tional Rehabilitation (VR) program targeted at solving these issues for
Native American and non-Native employees.
Target Groups
Current employees with jobs in jeopardy of loss.
At-risk rehires with a history of quitting or being fired.
Unemployed Tribal Members and Descendants who want to work or re-
ceive training.
Students in transition from high school to work and college students
needing part time jobs.
Frontline supervisors and managers who need more information about
disabilities.