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COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO DISLOCATION (CORD)
PURPOSE
CORD was formed to discuss ways to coordinate and organize our collective community resources to best serve dislocated workers and their families and to respond to the economic distress in Rock County. The purpose is to identify those activities or services currently available, those that may be pending with the intent of identifying where gaps in service exist, and how to improve coordination and collaboration between agencies to enhance service delivery for impacted workers and their families.
CORD is currently working under a comprehensive plan titled Blueprint for Transition: Action Matrix, a document that includes five areas of focus, with activities and tasks to address needs and gaps in those areas, persons or groups responsible, and completion dates for those tasks. Although the document and efforts are continually being adjusted as needs and situations change, the primary areas of focus include:
- Communications
- Employment/career services and resources
- Financial services and resources
- Family/health services and resources
HISTORY
The CORD Committee was formed on November 20, 2008, when a coalition of community-minded individuals and organizations convened to discuss ways to deliver a community-wide response for assistance to dislocated workers. After learning of the existence of the CEAP program offered through the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy, the CORD Committee agreed to use the CEAP structure for its community response model.
The CORD Steering Committee, through various subcommittees as well as the parent group, continues to meet and move forward, helping to bring together community organizations in their search of federal, state and private resources designed to assist dislocated workers. The group has evolved and changed membership but continues to develop strategies and actions designed to assist the unemployed.