CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP

CHA EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINNG INITIATIVE CHA EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SINCE JULY 2014 THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INITAITIVE HAS CONNECTED PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS AND HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOLDERS TO WORKFORCE SERVICES AND DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING. CHA GRANTED 430,000 TO THE PARTNERSHIP ON A JULY 2017 TO JUNE 2018 PROGRAM YEAR. THE GRANT WAS ADMINISTERED THROUGH FIVE AMERICAN JOB CENTERS AJCS SPANNING CHICAGO. IN ALL, 703 WERE ENROLLED INTO BASIC SERVICES, 185 ENROLLED INTO COACHING SERVICES, AND 69 ENROLLED INTO WIOA CAREER SERVICES. ADDITIOALLY, 245 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED COMPUTER TRAINING, WITH 107 SHOWING IMPROVEMENT. 126 WERE PLACED INTO JOBS OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. CHA JOBS PLUS - ONGOING SINCE APRIL 2015 USING FUNDING FROM US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE CHA JOBS PLUSINITIATIVE PROVIDES SECTOR-BASED TRAINING TO CHA ALTGELD GARDENS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTS ASSISTING IN ATTAINMENT OF INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS AND JOBS FACILITATED BY 1,073,000 FROM CHA OVER THE GRANT PERIOD OF APRIL 2015 TO JUNE 2019. OVER 150 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. TRAINING IN THE MANUFACTURING AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO 60 INDIVIDUALS RESULTING IN 49 CERTIFICATIONS. OVER 50 INDIVIDUALS HAVE ENTERED EMPLOYMENT. OPPORTUNITY WORKS OPPORTUNITY WORKS IS A SECTOR-BASED CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM FORYOUTH AGED 16-24, INCLUDING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, 6-WEEK INTERNSHIP IN MANUFACTURING, TDL, INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IT, AND OTHER HIGH-DEMAND SECTORS, AND TRANSITION TO THE NEXT STEP ON THEIR CAREER PATHWAYS THE INITIATIVE HAS BEEN FUNDED IN EXCESS OF 2 2MM FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES A WARDS INCLUDE 2 MM FROM COOK COUNTY, 500,000 FROM ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, 250,000 FROM MY BROTHERS KEEPER ALLIANCE, 300,000 FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, 400,000 FROM THE ILLINOIS COUNTY ASSOCIATION, AND 330,000 FROM INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATEDONATIONS THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SERVING SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY YOUTH SINCE APRIL 2017. THUS FAR ACROSS FIVE SUBAWARDS TO A RANGE OF AGENCIES, 587 YOUTH HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMMING, 543 STARTED AN INTERNSHIP, AND 437 HAVE ENTERED EMPLOYMENT OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION A TOTAL OF 80 BUSINESSES HAVE COMMITTED TO HOSTING INTERNS. CHICAGO CODES CHICAGO CODES IS A TUITION FREE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH WAS BEING DESIGNED IN 2018 AND WILL BEGIN SERVING INDIVIDUALS IN 2019. THE PROGRAM BEGINS WITH AN 11-WEEK CODING BOOTCAMP OFFERED TUITION FREEWITH TRAINING STIPENDS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE, AND TRANSITIONS INTO PAID WORK EXPERIENCE AND PLACEMENT SUPPORT. OVER 1M HAS BEEN RAISED FOR THE INITIATIVE, INCLUDING 500K FROM ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, OVER 400K FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO, 275K FROM FACEBOOK,AND 10K FROM MICROSOFT.CONSTRUCTION WORKS THE PARTNERSHIP RECEIVED A THREE-YEAR, 4.2-MILLION GRANT FROM THE ILLINOIS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY TO INCREASE UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN THE BUILDING TRADES THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGOLAND AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS REGION, RESULTING IN APPRENTICESHIPS AND OTHER SKILLED CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE PARTNERSHIP IS PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGH AMERICAN JOB CENTERS IN COOK, WILL, DUPAGE, LAKE, KANE, DEKALB, AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES AND WILL BEGIN GATHERING PARTICIPANT-LEVEL DATA IN JANUARY 2019. SUMMER JOBS AND BEYOND ONGOING SINCE MAY 2016, SUMMER JOBS AND BEYOND IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY THE PARTNERSHIP, CITY OF CHICAGO FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES DFSS, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE CHICAGO MAYORS OFFICE TO PROVIDE 300 YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 16-24, WITH YEARLONG EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOLLOWING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN ONE SUMMER CHICAGO, THE CITYS SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDED THE INITIATIVE IN THE AMOUNT OF 2MM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD OF MAY 2016 TO JUNE 2018 THE INITIATIVE CONCENTRATES EFFORT ON CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES WITH HIGH RATES OF POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT KEY OUTCOMES INCLUDE 300 YOUTH ENROLLED AND PARTICIPATING IN CAREER BASED WORK EXPERIENCE BETWEEN, WITH 89 INDIVIDUALS ENTERING UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT AND 13 ENTERING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION CITI FOUNDATION MANUFACTURING CAREERS INTERNS HIP PROGRAM MCIP PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY YOUTH TRAINING RESULTING IN INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS, A PAID INTERNSHIP WITH A MANUFACTURING EMPLOYER, AND ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITIONING INTO FURTHER TRAINING OR PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT 50 YOUTH AGES 18-24 WERE ENROLLED INTO MC IP ACROSS FOUR SEPARATE COHORTS, 43 YOUTH OBTAINED A POWER INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCK AND/OR 0 CCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEAL TH ADMINISTRATION TRAINING CERTIFICATION, 36 OBTAINED AN INTERN SHIP, AND 14 WERE PLACED INTO A JOB OR POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM.