• MDC is a nonprofit supported by grants and contracts from foundations, federal, state, and local governments, and the private sector.
• MDC is the only nonprofit economic and workforce research organization that focuses on the South as a whole.
• MDC was established in 1967 to help North Carolina make the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy and from a segregated to an integrated workforce.
• MDC has spent the past 40 years publishing research and developing policies and programs to strengthen the workforce, foster economic development, and remove the barriers between people and jobs.
• MDC now works to facilitate the South's transition from an industrial to a knowledge economy and from a biracial to a multicultural society.
• MDC has advised state governments and public/private task forces in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia on education, workforce development, and economic development.
• MDCs approach to change begins with research into the forces and trends that may threaten economic and educational progress.
• Using the results of its research, MDC facilitates the change process in three ways: through policy development initiatives and consultations, through program demonstrations to test and apply new approaches in development and workforce preparation, and through technical assistance and evaluation of change efforts currently underway.
• MDC At-a-Glance: current programs and initiatives.

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rhart@mdcinc.org