Madison Strategies Group

Madison Strategies Group's mission is to build and strengthen job skills, see schedule "o" for detail.madison Strategies Group operates multiple Workforce development programs in tulsa that provide underserved residents with no-cost education, employment, and advancement opportunities that lead to greater financial security and economic self-sufficiency. Msg's flagship program, tulsa community workadvance, is a unique, sector-based, dual-customer Workforce model that has been proven to work through a national research study. The innovative workadvance model combines no-cost, customized technical training and placement services with extensive career advising and soft skills training to help low-income individuals rise out of poverty while meeting the needs of businesses in high-demand sectors. Workforce and career needs continue to arise for low-income, underemployed and unemployed populations throughout tulsa. In response, msg has developed and launched multiple New programs focused on serving targeted residents with training, placement, and career coaching services to increase their economic mobility and to create a pipeline of individuals for more advanced training programs like workadvance. This includes vulnerable populations and demographic groups like young adults aged 18-24 served in our nextup program, public housing residents served through the jobsfirst program, residents in the historically underserved area of north tulsa through the due north program, parents and households with small children in the career connection program, and residents and businesses affected by covid-19 through the retrain tulsa program. In 2023, through the retrain tulsa program, msg partnered with tulsa community college's cyber skills center (csc) to recruit and support individuals for New carees in cyber security and data.in 2023, msg served over 1,200 individuals with career readiness training, job placement, advanced training, and career advancement services, including financial coaching. Over 270 of msg's customers secured New jobs in 2023, earning an average of 25% more in income after our training and services. As our economy and Workforce continue to change, we are focused on training and preparing people for jobs of the future and technology-based jobs. Msg is well-positioned to respond and ensure that individuals in our community are trained and placed into great careers that provide businesses with skilled workers.