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Illinois Workforce Advantage

Illinois Workforce Advantage. Value-Added Strategies to Strengthen Communities Governor George H. Ryan. Illinois Workforce Advantage (IWA) Mission. To make targeted, distressed communities in Illinois better places for parents to raise children. An IWA Premise.

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Illinois Workforce Advantage

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  1. Illinois Workforce Advantage Value-Added Strategies to Strengthen Communities Governor George H. Ryan

  2. Illinois Workforce Advantage (IWA) Mission To make targeted, distressed communities in Illinois better places for parents to raise children.

  3. An IWA Premise Communities that thrive are those capable of creating sound strategies for their revitalization and building effective partnerships with government and business organizations for carrying out their plans.

  4. Innovative Approach for State Government Supporting and strengthening community revitalization projects requires that state agencies learn to collaborate with one another around place-based strategies.

  5. Communities are Distressed, People are Resilient • High rates of poverty • Dedicated leaders • High unemployment rates • Entrepreneurial energy • High dropout rates • Parents devoted to kids

  6. IWA Bridges Communities and State Organizations Local Working Groups IWA Subcabinet State Universities

  7. Anchor Institutions: Vitally Important to Communities • Strengthen community identity • Maintain economic and social stability • Reflect culture and history • Enables formation of social networks, leadership

  8. Virtual Family Resource Centers • Parent educational resources • Work readiness • Networking many services • Positive roles in community development • Digital technology • Parents as educators

  9. Harvey Family Education Center • School-based sites • Computer labs • Early childhood screening • Multiple agencies on site • Client track referral system • District 152 leadership

  10. East St. Louis, Alpha Omega Work Readiness Center • Better Family Life, Inc., nationally renowned program • Alpha Omega Enterprises • ESL Enterprise Community • Neighborhood Tech. Assistance Center • Comprehensive work readiness • Neighborhood revitalization strategies

  11. Southern 7 Virtual Community Resource Center • 7-county network • Central website and technical assistance • FoCUS Federation lead organization • School-based centers • Referrals to WIA one-stop

  12. Englewood Family Resource Network • Six elementary schools • Intensive support for at-risk students • Literacy training for parents and students • Multiple agencies co-locating resources • Parents as tutors • Southwest Women Working Together, Mary McDowell Settlement House in lead • Leadership training for parents

  13. Humboldt Park Community Learning Centers • Ten schools • Builds on community plan for digital village • After-school and evening centers • Parent-driven • Led by NNNN Near Northwest Neighborhood Network

  14. North Lawndale Re-entry Network for Ex-Offenders • Majority of adult males ex-offenders • North Lawndale Employment Network in lead • Statewide model for $2 million US grant • Close cooperation with IDOC • Ties with 1st-rate resources already in community

  15. Targeted Job Training – MLK Center, Rock Island • Douglas Park, Longview, Old Chicago neighborhoods • Sunset Business Park • Subsidize entry phase of employment

  16. Little Village Violence Prevention Collaborative • Parent leadership curriculum • Youth involvement in designing community center • Gang intervention • Creation of community schools • Tied to community education plan & new high school

  17. Maywood Family Education Center • Maywood School District & many partners • Modeled on Harvey center • Health component • Early childhood • Resource room

  18. University technical assistance and applied research • University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s NTAC • Southern Illinois University’s Dunn-Richmond Center Community Economic Development

  19. Grants and technical assistance for: 16th Street Revitalization Project, N. Lawndale Comprehensive youth center design, Humboldt Park Little Village plan on 26th and Kostner Business roundtable and site inventories, Englewood 5th Street Plan, site inventory, Maywood Neighborhood indicators research Leadership training New grant proposals IWA-UIC Great Cities Institute Partnership

  20. Dunn-Richmond Center, SIU-C • Southernmost Illinois Agricultural Alliance • Shrimp farming • Agri-business • Revolving loan fund, Empowerment Zone • Juice processing plant

  21. UIUC, Neighborhood Technical Assistance Center, ESL • Coordination and expansion of community tech centers • Mini-grants and technical assistance for local CBOs for CED • New neighborhood revitalization project

  22. IWA AmeriCorps • 77 members • Policy Research Action Group • SIU-E, Rend Lake CC, Aunt Martha’s • Emphasis on youth • Placements tied to core IWA projects • Most members from IWA areas

  23. Drive state performance indicators down to community level Health, economic, social indicators Illinois system a breakthrough PB Views Getting agency “buy-in” –commitment from Governor’s Office Challenges communities to realign resources & relationships A priority of foundations Tracking Agency Performance Indicators at Community Level

  24. New Fatherhood Initiatives • UIC Institute on Race, Research and Public Policy • De Paul Egan Urban Center • Engage communities in strategic planning • Youth outreach to fathers

  25. Family Enterprise Institute • Sinai Community Institute, and local community development corp. • Building productive family institutions • Policy component • Improve local outcomes

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