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The Chicago Cook Workforce Development Board will be having a meeting on March 13th, 2019.
Union Pacific Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz today awarded the first part of a multi-year, $300,000 Community Ties Giving Program regional grant supporting the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership). The $100,000 contribution presented to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Chief Executive Officer Karin Norington-Reaves is in support of the county’s Opportunity Works program.
Chicago – Union Pacific Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz today
awarded the first part of a multi-year, $300,000 Community Ties Giving Program regional grant
supporting the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership). The $100,000
contribution presented to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Cook
Workforce Partnership Chief Executive Officer Karin Norington-Reaves is in support of the
county’s Opportunity Works program. The initiative, created at the request of President
Preckwinkle, addresses the employment challenges and skills gap that young adults face in the
county’s most underserved areas.
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a program operator for Chicago Codes. Proposals are due Friday, September 14, 2018 at 4:00pm Central Time.
50 Chicago Codes Participants Will Receive Scholarships from Facebook
New Initiative Will Increase Diversity Among Workers and Ensure Access to Job Opportunities
Complete RFP, Bidders Conference Webinar summary and key dates.
Closed - Opportunity Works RFP Working in conjunction with the Office of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) announces the release of funding for Opportunity Works, an initiative that will introduce young adults from suburban Cook County to careers in high-growth, high-demand sectors.
The Garfield Workforce Center is relocating to 605 S. Albany, Chicago, Illinois 60612, on Monday, January 9, 2017.
(Cook County, Chicago) Nov. 29, 2016 – Today, the Walmart Foundation and Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) were joined by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to celebrate the launch of the Chicagoland Retail Sector Center, which will offer training to the more than 200,000 retail workers in the Chicago area, making it easier for them to advance their careers.
Funding to 10 Workforce Development Boards are part of $10.9 million grant awarded to The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
The morning of his final internship evaluation, Adonis Clayborn woke up in his girlfriend's car. Unable to afford a motel room, he had reclined the driver's seat, covered himself in sweaters he kept in the trunk and slept the night in the silver Nissan Sentra with the Hello Kitty license plate frame.
When Karin Norington-Reaves was asked to take over Cook County's beleaguered jobs training agency more than five years ago, her exact words, as she recalls, were: "Hell, no."
Chicago workforce agency wins $10.9M grant for retail employment services
Deadline for RFP has been extended to November 4th
The Citi Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance today announced that the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) has been selected as a recipient of the Youth Opportunity Fund, a $3 million initiative to support city-level, innovative and scalable programs connecting youth to opportunities that increase their employability and prepare them for lifelong success.
Chicago will be the kickoff site for the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, a new coalition of big businesses hoping to provide jobs or training for disadvantaged 16- to 24-year-olds.
More than a dozen leading, U.S.‐based companies today announced the formation of the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, which has the goal of being the nation’s largest employer‐led coalition committed to creating pathways to meaningful employment for America’s young people.
CHICAGO, IL - Chicago Ald. Emma Mitts (37th), Uber Regional General Manager Andrew Macdonald and the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership today announced a new push to create 10,000 driver jobs in Chicago communities over the next year.
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (“The Partnership”) and the Chicago Cook Workforce Investment Board (WIB) announce the release of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding to organizations providing young adult workforce development services in Cook County.
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) showcased its Chicago Heights Workforce Center at Prairie State College during an open house today. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, local elected officials, and local hiring partners welcomed job seekers and toured the new location.
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) requests the submission of proposals from individuals or firms to provide assistance with Developing Manufacturing Assessment Tools.
Attention Local educational agencies, community and faith based organizations, local chambers of commerce, local labor organizations, and all other interested parties.
The Education and Work Center (EWC) is a collaborative partnership between Elgin Community College, Harper College, the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, the Village of Hanover Park, and the State of Illinois.
Art Norman reports on the Chicago Cook Work Force Partnership program that was established in 2012 as a collaboration between Toni Preckwinkle and Rahm Emanuel. It trains youth on specialty jobs that will dominate the economy in years to come.
Attention Local educational agencies, community and faith based organizations, local chambers of commerce, local labor organizations, and all other interested parties.
Harper College and Elgin Community College will host a grand opening and open house for the Education and Work Center in Hanover Park on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 2-7 p.m. The center is located in the Hanover Square Shopping Center located at 6704 Barrington Road in Hanover Park. Full Story
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Seminars and job fairs on Chicago's South Side are taking aim to reduce crime in the city, and you can take part. Full Story
The CEO of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership stops by to tell us how jobseekers can get the resources they need to find work. Full Story
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A local non-profit organization is aiming to get the unemployed "job ready" and back on the payrolls. The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership is offering job training and placement for free to those who are looking to move into a new career. Full Story
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Applaud Congress For Passing The Workforce Innovation And Opportunity Act (WIOA).
The Partnership is facilitating a modification to the local plan for workforce activities in the City of Chicago...
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The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) is facilitating a modification to the local plan...
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) receives a $1.46 million grant...
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced...
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Brochure
Karin Norington-Reaves, CEO of Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership joined You & Me to talk abou...