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The next meeting of the Workforce Investment Board is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. at:

Prairie State University
The Heritage Community Room – Room 1318
202 South Halsted
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Agenda
 

Directions:
From the north: Drive south on I-94 to I-80 west exit. Follow I-80 west about two miles to Halsted Street south exit (Route 1). Take Halsted Street south about three miles to the campus. There is a small toll charge to exit at Halsted. From the north/west: Take the Tri-State Tollway (294) south to I-80/94 east. Follow I-80/94 east about one mile to Halsted Street south exit (Route 1). Take Halsted Street south about three miles to the PSC campus. From the south: Drive north on I-57 to the Vollmer Road exit. Follow Vollmer Road east about five miles to the PSC campus on your right. From the east: Follow I-80 west to Halsted Street south exit (Route 1). Take Halsted Street south about three miles to the campus.

2012 Workforce Meeting Schedule

This calendar is provided notwithstanding the consolidation planning taking place with the Cook County and Chicago Workforce Boards.

Latest News

12/21/2011 -Connecting Chicago Communities

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, for a White House-sponsored conference on partnerships between the federal government, religious and neighborhood groups, Karin Norington-Reaves, Director Cook County Works, was a panelist representing Chicagoland Workforce Board. Here are some of the topics of concern: http://www.dol.gov/_sec/newsletter/2011/20111208.htm

Nearly 700 local leaders convened at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Tuesday for a White House-sponsored conference on partnerships between the federal government and religious and neighborhood groups. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel kicked off the event with a challenge: "I need the ministers to come outside the door of the church where there is warmth and bring that warmth out into the streets." The Labor Department led two workshops: the first focused on Chicago's local workforce investment system and featured Byron Zuidema, regional administrator for the Employment and Training Administration, and the second was a training session on job clubs led by Ben Seigel, deputy director of the department's Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Jobs: Training and Workforce Development

Jobs are the number one priority in these economic times. In this session, learn about efforts at the federal and local levels for getting Americans back to work. Government panelists will discuss the federal workforce development system's resources and Chicago/Cook County's recently re-structured system. Nonprofit and foundation panelists will discuss local programs and keys to partnering. Workshops participants will learn about a range of exciting programs and come out with ideas on how to connect with the workforce development system to help their communities and constituencies access occupational skills and jobs.

Moderators:

• Ken Bennett, Regional Representative for Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis

• Ben Seigel, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, U.S. Department of Labor

   

Panelists:

• Byron Zuidema, Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

• Karin Norington-Reaves, Director, Chicagoland Workforce Board

• Whitney Smith, Program Director, Joyce Foundation

• Juan Salgado, President and CEO, Instituto Del Progreso Latino

• Bral Spight, Executive Director, 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative Chicago

   

11/22/2011 --Sharing and Caring: Chicago Workforce Investment Council features Karin Norington-Reaves, Director of Cook County Works, in their current newsletter. CWIC profiles Ms. Norington-Reaves’ appointment by Toni Preckwinle, Cook County Board President and Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicagoland Workforce Board. Click here to read more:

 11/8/2011 --  Preckwinkle, Bank of America Highlight Financial Partnership

10/20/2011 --President Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel Announce City-County Merger in Workforce Development

10/14/2011 --Preckwinkle, Cook County Works (CCW) Award $15 million to Community Groups

8/23/2011 --  Preckwinkle Creates More Than 1600 Jobs

6/22/2011 --  President Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel Announce Expanded Summer Program Opportunities for Cook County Youth

6/20/2011 --  President Preckwinkle Launches Cook County Works Summer Youth Program

4/26/2011 --  Cook County Works restructures President's Office of Employment Training (POET), streamlines County workforce training operations

President Preckwinkle,  Bank of America Highlight Financial Literacy Workshops

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, together with Bank of America President Tim Maloney and Cook County Works Director Karin Norington-Reaves, teamed to highlight their ongoing collaboration providing unemployed and underemployed residents the tools they need to find work and develop critical need skills in this difficult economy. The workshops, provided through the County’s One-Stop Employment Training Centers will be available to the public on November 22nd in Chicago Heights, Cicero and Oak Forest. Maywood workshop will be offered Nov. 30th.  Locations are listed at the top of this link. Print out our flyer.

	Cook County Board of Commissioners President, Toni Preckwinkle is joined by Tim Maloney, Bank of America Illinois State President and Karin Norington–Reaves, Director of Cook County Works in welcoming attendees to the Press Conference announcing the partnership between Cook County Works and Bank of America to provide Financial Literacy Workshops to residents of Cook County.	Mark Buford, National Customer Outreach, Bank of America instructs participants at the Bank of America Financial Literacy Workshop at the Cicero One Stop in Cicero, Illinois.
	After touring the Cicero One Stop, meeting the staff and observing a financial literacy workshop, Tim Maloney - Bank of America Illinois State President gives two exuberant thumbs up. Toni Preckwinkle, President of Cook County Board and Karin Norington–Reaves, Director of Cook County Works share in the enthusiasm.	Our hosts, Central States SER of the Cicero One Stop (left to right) Guadalupe Preston, SER Executive Director, Tim Maloney - Bank of America Illinois State President, Leigh Diffay – SER Regional Director, Toni Preckwinkle – President of Cook County Board, Karin Norington – Reaves, Director of Cook County Works, Pilar Trejo – SER Center Manager and Frank Casillas, Secretary of the Board SER National.