Directory
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To help connect employers who have open positions with Chicago residents who need jobs, we conducted in-depth interviews to identify the following list of workforce organizations. These organizations have positive track records helping employers recruit and train residents from communities that have become disconnected from our traditional employment networks. To determine the list, we looked at characteristics like:
- Sustained high capacity
- Adherence to recognized metrics on transparency and quality
- Levels of work preparation skills provided
A Safe Haven
A Safe Haven (ASH) offers individualized and comprehensive range of services to job seekers through a vertically integrated model that may include transitional housing, treatment,…
American Jobs Centers
The American Job Centers (AJCs), operated and funded by the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (CCWP), is a network of organizations providing a variety of different…
Cara
Cara is a constellation of four service offerings – anchored in the same standards of operation – that help individuals up and down the poverty…
Chicago CRED
Chicago CRED (Creating Real Economic Destiny) targets men identified as being at the highest risk of being shooters or being shot. Participants are placed in…
Chicago Urban League
The Chicago Urban League’s (CUL) workforce development center focuses on helping youth, young adults and adults obtain the skills necessary to compete and succeed in…
City Colleges of Chicago
City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) offers academic programs that prepare students to head to work in high-demand fields or to transfer to a four-year college,…
Genesys Works
Genesys Works’ mission is to provide pathways to career success for high school students in underserved communities through skills training, meaningful work experiences, and impactful…
Heartland Alliance
Heartland Alliance (Heartland) is one of the world’s leading anti-poverty organizations, serving those who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety. It provides a…
Metropolitan Family Services
Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) offers support to economically challenged families so they may improve the quality of their work, lifestyle and finances. In addition to…
North Lawndale Employment Network
The North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) was created in 1999 to help address the unmet needs of the North Lawndale community which was facing extremely…
Phalanx Family Services
Phalanx Family Services (Phalanx) provides workforce development solutions and strength-based social services to disadvantaged and at-risk populations. Of the 15 workforce programs that Phalanx offers,…
Safer Foundation
Safer Foundation is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit providers of services designed exclusively for people with criminal records. They focus on helping clients secure…
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (Skills) is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job…
Year Up
Year Up seeks to close the Opportunity Divide by providing young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their…
Youth Guidance
Youth Guidance creates and implements school-based programs that enable at-risk children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, succeed in school and in…