New perspectives. New opportunities. From the community. For the community.

Chicago Jobs Council Annual Report 2002-2003 Greetings

CJC Board of Directors Membership Committee About CJC To all of you working to enhance the Locally, CJC brought into focus the 1 quality of life for unemployed and low- skills and professional needs of job devel- Joseph A. Antolin, Heartland Alliance for Trish DeJean The Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) is an Human Needs and Human Rights (Treasurer) income people and their families, con- opment staff. After many conversations Cheryl Francis organization that works with its mem- gratulations on a year’s worth of very with job developers and program man- Sue Augustus, Corporation for Supportive Sheryl Holman bers to ensure access to employment important work. To say it has been a agers, we launched a training series that Housing and career advancement opportunities Sheila Perkins Ttough year for us is an understatement. provided hundreds of frontline staff with Evelyn Brodkin, University of Chicago/School for people in poverty. Founded in 1981 We have all witnessed the impact of ris- industry information and new insights of Social Service Administration Kathleen Petefish (Chair) with 18 original members, CJC has ing poverty and unemployment rates, for working with disadvantaged jobseek- Edith Crigler, Chicago Area Project (President) Norma Polanco grown to include 100 community-based regressing federal policies and eroding ers, employers and one another. Our Helen Fosheé, Bethel New Life Sandra Watson-Smith organizations, civic groups, businesses funding sources. Yet we all realize that vision is to continue helping advance the and individuals committed to helping Cheryl Francis, Safer Foundation Laurel Wimpffen now more than ever community resi- skills and careers of the professionals disadvantaged Chicagoans gain access Mimi Gilpin, League of Women Voters dents need the services of community- whose work is critical to improving the Nominating Committee to the education and training they need based organizations. The Chicago Jobs livelihoods of the unemployed, their fam- Margie Gonwa, LEED Council, Inc. to enter the labor market, secure stable Sue Augustus Council responded by taking another ilies and their employers. (Secretary) employment at a living wage, and pur- Helen Fosheé look at our environment and began With an eye on the future, CJC has Dr. Kirk Harris, Family Support America sue sustainable careers. re-visioning—a process of re-assessing been engaged in a re-visioning process (Vice-President) Margie Gonwa CJC pursues its mission through threats, challenges and opportunities, with its members and other stakehold- Nonprofit organizations provide Sheryl Holman, Community Assistance Dr. Kirk Harris advocacy, applied research, public edu- and renewing our work through differ- ers about cultural and racial diversity in accessible employment and supportive Programs Wendy Pollack (Chair) cation and capacity-building initiatives ent responses and new strategies. the workforce. Next year, CJC will services that community residents need G. Sequane Lawrence, Youth Service Project focused on influencing the development Gregory Washington As of this writing, the debates shap- launch and participate in a Cultural to move out of poverty. To survive these J. William McVey, OAI, Inc. or reform of public policies and pro- ing the reauthorization of Temporary Competency and Employment Initiative challenging times and remain a viable Debra Walker Johnson grams. Our work is grounded in the Sheila Perkins, Project JOBS Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to assess organizational practices that link to the workforce delivery system, Kapila Wewegama perspectives of our members, who con- and the Workforce Investment Act either promote or hinder cultural and we encourage them to re-vision their Kathleen Petefish, Unicus Development Marta White tribute their expertise as direct service (WIA) continue to be mired in racial understanding among nonprofits’ programmatic and administrative strate- Services practitioners, advocates and researchers. Betty Willhoite Washington’s partisan politics. Over the own staff. This assessment will help CJC gies. We look forward to continuing our John Plunkett, Suburban Job Link Our efforts are also guided by the last year, we strengthened our advocacy maximize its advocacy role in respond- work with all of you. Corporation Staff results of demonstration projects that efforts on behalf of the poor and work- ing to policy issues related to occupa- Norma Polanco, Humboldt Park Economic Evelyn Diaz test innovative solutions to pressing ing poor by bringing our perspectives to tional segregation in the workplace. All the best, Development Corporation Director of Operations employment problems. By organizing the editorial pages of Chicago newspa- Administratively, CJC—with guidance members and other interested parties Wendy Pollack, National Center on Poverty Lisa Hampton pers, and in meetings on Capitol Hill from our Board—has tightened the Law Policy Associate around workforce development, welfare with our fellow advocates. proverbial belt and has begun reform, economic and community Shannon Stewart, The Employment Project Rose Karasti In Illinois, however, we are poised to re-visioning a financial infrastructure development issues, CJC fosters dia- Debra Walker Johnson, CTCNet Chicago Senior Policy Associate take on the new challenges and oppor- that will enhance CJC’s economic stabil- logue and cooperative strategies that tunities being afforded us with the elec- ity. CJC’s goal is to be a model of fiscal Gregory Washington, Grand Boulevard Vicky Nurre effect change. Federation Director of Marketing & Membership tion of a new Governor. CJC has always management and responsibility for our Robert E. Wordlaw had reasonable success in working with members and others struggling to stay Executive Director Sandra Watson-Smith, SWS & Associates Whitney Smith On the Cover Director of Policy past administrations, but Governor afloat as public and private funders bat- Kapila Wewegama, Management & Training CJC convenes its working group participants Blagojevich and his administrative lead- tle huge budget deficits and dwindling Consultant and Facilitator Robert E. Wordlaw and colleagues to discuss policy issues and Executive Director ers have raised our expectations. In con- returns on investments. Marta White, Marta White and Associates to develop strategies. Pictured here are (from front to back): Ernestine Derden, Kapila junction with our members and others, Wewegama, Anita Flores, Margaret Motes, we began re-visioning policies and pro- Emeritus Shamus Misek, Betty Willhoite, Andrew grams that could improve our welfare Anne Ladky, Women Employed Cusick, Marcia Medema, Tony Martin, and workforce delivery systems. Wendy Pollack, Lisa Hampton, Mimi Gilpin, Betty Willhoite, League of Women Voters Already, we have shared some of those John Plunkett, Meegan Bassett, Rod Wilson, recommendations with key members of Lois Synder, Reginold Jones, Sheryl Finance & Development Committee Holman, Robert Barnett, Luis Angomas, the Governor’s staff and cabinet. Joseph A. Antolin (Chair) Byron Hoppe and Greg Sills. Edith Crigler G. Sequane Lawrence J. William McVey John Plunkett FEDERAL POLICY 2 Challenges Our Vision ~ 3 We’ve Seen Prioritize the needs of • Investing in skills training; The number of poor • Rewarding efforts that move people to disadvantaged job seekers and self sufficiency; Americans grew for the local economies for Washington first time since the • Aligning the goals of the nation’s 1990s because of wages decision makers workforce programs; and lost in the latest economic downturn, • Increasing investments in building according to a Welfare reform. the workforce and creating new jobs. September 2002 U.S. CJC and other advocates hoped Congress would We leveraged these WIA recommen- Census Bureau report. reauthorize Temporary Assistance for Needy dations in testimony before the U.S. And the number of the Families (TANF) as a poverty reduction strategy Department of Labor. And through our nation’s unemployed before the legislation expired last September. As helped complete her career transition. advocacy around the House’s WIA reau- Marsha now is a nursing assistant on exceeded 8 million of late May, Congress extended but has not reau- thorization bill—HR 1261—we: Americans, many who thorized current law. Thanks to dedicated advo- the surgical floor. remained jobless for cates, the most detrimental proposals have not • Developed with Congressman Danny Most important, Marsha held on to record time periods. become law. Through advocacy and media rela- Davis an amendment that requires the ideals she held since she was young: At the same time, the tions, CJC, its members and friends helped call states to include in WIA implementa- keeping family close and being a care- Administration and legislators’ attention to the real issues facing their tion plans a strategy for addressing ex- giver, a dream sparked by her mother’s Congress placed poorest constituents, and; offenders’ employment needs. The sudden death when Marsha was 12. significant limits on amendment was one of the few that As an entry-level assistant, Marsha struggling families’ • Urged legislators to demand increased childcare passed. works the overnight shift—oftentimes 8 access to cash assis- pm to 8 am—while her brother James funding, expanded definitions of work activities, • Responded to major flaws in the tance, food stamps and stays with the kids. She has an hour- and options for education and skills training. Administration’s proposed “Personal other income supports long commute, taking two different while ignoring the • Analyzed certified training programs in buses then walking a few blocks home. skills-training needs Chicago, Aurora and Dixon to illustrate miscon- Marsha is happy to be earning more of job seekers and the ceptions about skills training, and informed in a job she enjoys. “Now I can pay my labor market. Illinois Senators and the Chicago Tribune’s edito- bills and take my kids out for pizza rial page. earnings and helps low-income adults A Reality every once in a while,” she says smiling. access steady work. She tells her friends, “Don’t give up, • Responded with a letter to Chicago Sun-Times Through research, community-driven Marsha Dinkins is a quiet and deter- because life is too short. Get into some- editors regarding the ill-advised welfare bill advocacy and communications, CJC mined woman with a clear vision for thing you like, but don’t take a job you passed by U.S. House. impressed upon federal policymakers her family’s future. A single mother of don’t want because then everything is • Submitted testimony for the Senate Finance the vital importance of income supports three, Marsha quit poverty-wage work wrong.” Committee’s first and only hearing on TANF and skills training in moving families as a homecare aid in search of a health- Looking ahead, Marsha has a five-year reauthorization. toward self-sufficiency. The story of one Mcare career that could better sustain her plan. She is investing in her own future Chicago woman illustrates the harsh family: Mario, 13, Anthony, 10, and this summer when she starts a 14-week Congress continues debating this important realities of current public policies, and Nyesha, 2. At the same time, she and phlebotomy course, with some tuition legislation. CJC continues pushing for productive the success that comes from training her children had to move out of her ail- assistance from Catholic Charities. She reforms for TANF recipients. for career-path jobs. ing grandmother’s house, and were cut hopes to get daycare assistance from the off from food stamps and cash assis- Illinois Department of Human Services Workforce development. tance. “I told myself, it can’t be any for Nyesha and enroll the boys in the worse than this,” Marsha recalled. Last spring, CJC began informing policymakers park district’s summer camp so she can By evaluating Denied valuable income supports, about improving the Workforce Investment Act study. Ultimately, Marsha dreams of Marsha was more fortunate than her (WIA) that must be reauthorized by September existing research, becoming a radiologist, owning her own friends. She got housing assistance 30, 2003. By convening local WIA affiliates, CJC Re-employment Accounts” through home and car, and saving for her chil- from Catholic Charities and moved into brought the voice of experience to policymakers editorials published by four Chicago CJC helped document dren’s college education. “Mario talks a small two-bedroom apartment on and the media. newspapers. The House pulled PRAs about being an attorney. Anthony really that skills training Chicago’s south side. Her brothers put Our advocacy reflected the recommendations from its bill. likes to draw and fix things. Right now, meals on the table and bought Nyesha’s we developed with a CJC ad-hoc committee that I just want Nyesha to learn to share and We also helped dispel the myths does increase earn- diapers. Already trained as a certified published Improving our Response to Workforce play.” about the ineffectiveness of skills train- nursing assistant, she found The CARA Needs: Recommendations for Reauthorizing WIA. ings and helps ing by helping author Skills Training Program—a CJC member whose train- By widely distributing the policy brief, we urged Works: Examining the Evidence with The ing, job placement, supportive services policymakers to refocus the system on building low-income adults Workforce Alliance and Women and six-year partnership with the skills of the workforce and better meeting Employed. By taking a comprehensive access steady work. Northwestern Memorial Hospital labor market needs, and suggested: look at existing research, we document- ed that skills training does increase STATE POLICIES & PROGRAMS 4 Challenges Our Vision ~ A Reality 5 We’ve Seen Expand skills training and work Disinvestments in edu- supports for a stronger workforce, For years, utility companies like cation and training, Commonwealth Edison and other electric and the economic stronger families and stronger power providers have relied on S&C downturn contributed communities Electric Company’s innovative and highly to deep challenges in reliable products to deliver generated In the first critical weeks of the Governor’s policy Fpower. Since product quality is the mid- S&C’s Chicago headquarters employs Illinois. Nearly half of and budget planning, CJC shared the experiences sized manufacturer’s priority, they 1,700 people from 67 different coun- state residents earn of low-income job seekers and their service $25,000 or less. Literacy resolved to lead the employee training tries, many of whom reside in Chicago’s providers with gubernatorial transition team com- and development field, continually Rogers Park community that is also rates are shockingly mittees in which we participated, including: low with 44% of encouraging employees to exceed expecta- home to S&C’s 45-acre industrial cam- Illinoisans reading at • The Labor Committee; tions and industry standards. S&C’s com- minimal or basic levels. • The Economic Development’s subcommittee on about the Job Training and Economic CJC leads State The unemployment rate workforce development; Development program (JTED) that facil- Agenda to improve outpaces the national itates community-business partnerships • The Civil Rights’ subcommittee on poverty; and average. Of the nearly that benefit training participants and $800 million in federal local economies by • The Social Services’ subcommittee on welfare. businesses. Since then, the Governor and state funds to voiced his commitment to job training upgrading residents’ develop Illinois’ work- Meanwhile, the state budget crisis threatened and, in the midst of the state’s budget force, less than $200 critical services to state residents struggling with crisis, maintained JTED funding. In skills. million is spent on unemployment, healthcare and other issues. CJC addition, we: skills training. supported the Emergency Campaign for a Fair But political changes Budget, a statewide coalition of nearly 200 organ- • Worked with Illinois’ Department of also bring unprecedent- izations, to promote revenue-generating alterna- Commerce and Economic Opportunity tradespersons, no one would. Today, the ed opportunities. A new tives and to oppose cuts to programs. (formerly the Department of company trains, certifies and advances Governor, new state Commerce and Community Affairs) to their staff utilizing more than 100 differ- administrators and a Illinois welfare reform. enhance JTED’s program design. ent competencies they developed in con- Democratic majority in junction with their processes. They aug- Under the previous administration, the Illinois • Provided feedback on the the General Assembly ment their training through partner- Department of Human Services (IDHS) empha- Department’s new 21st Century Job are seeking solutions ships with public schools, community- sized work-first strategies. By 1994, its caseload Training Initiative through which the for welfare reform, based organizations and community col- dropped 89% as welfare recipients found entry- state will consolidate workforce pro- workforce development leges, sharing best practices in educa- level employment and were dropped from cash grams. and economic growth tion and skills training. assistance for various reasons. CJC consistently while resolving the With the leadership of Representative Ken Sok, a senior machinist, started at voiced concern about the Department unnecessar- state’s $4.8 billion Larry McKeon, we convened experts S&C eight years ago as an intern from ily limiting recipients’ access to the education and deficit, the largest in from all sectors—community groups, nearby Senn Metropolitan Academy, a training that is essential to better jobs. This year, Illinois’ history. businesses, government, labor and edu- public school that maintains one of the CJC refocused its energy on new state administra- cation—to testify before the Illinois city’s five remaining metal-cutting tech- tors rethinking Illinois’ approach to welfare. House Labor Committee. There, they nology programs. Ken has been inten- Together with a CJC ad-hoc committee, we raised common issues they had seen sively cross-trained and has completed offered administrators Recommendations for a New through their work. We helped publish several senior-level milestones within Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program in their collective testimony in Subject S&C’s machinist training and certifica- Illinois. We used the brief to revive quarterly meet- Matter Hearings on Workforce tion program. He often gets tips from Al ings with IDHS’ new secretary who now is review- Development that McKeon, CJC and Wiskup, a 25-year S&C veteran, on the ing our recommendations and planning to include State Agenda used to inform decision- intricacies of their state-of-the-art equip- advocates and community groups in working makers about using skills training to ment. Additionally, Ken has participated teams. Moving forward, we will advocate that help strengthen Illinois’ economic in training at the Jane Addams Resource TANF become a tool for reducing poverty, not future. Not only did the Governor use Corporation, a CJC member whom S&C caseloads, by encouraging administrators to the report to help frame the state’s pri- mitment to providing long-term value to pus. There, they design and manufac- has partnered with since 1997. expand education and skills training funds. orities, his Administration’s initial work their customers and continuity of employ- ture electric power switching and protec- With an eye to the future, S&C plans has reflected many of its themes. ment to their diverse workforce is driven tion systems destined for installations to continue supporting efforts to expand Economic and workforce development. CJC will continue its efforts to by the guiding principles that reflect the around the world. flexible and responsive training pro- This year, CJC assumed the leadership of State advance effective workforce-develop- energy of the two young engineers— As many manufacturers left the city grams that strengthen the workforce and Agenda for Community Economic Development, ment initiatives by working with a Edmund Schweitzer and Nicholas and once-abundant training resources communities of which they are a part. a coalition we helped establish in 1997 with diverse array of stakeholders—including Conrad—who founded it in 1911. dwindled, S&C realized that if they did- organizations interested in improving local such businesses as S&C Electric n’t cultivate the next generation of economies by upgrading residents’ skills. We Company. informed the Governor during his campaign LOCAL PROGRAMS & POLICIES 6 Challenges Our Vision ~ 7 We’ve Seen Strengthen local resources for Recession-driven fund- stronger employment service ing cuts took an early toll on local employ- delivery to people in poverty ment and training and their communities providers. By October, nearly 25 CJC members had lost $2.5 million Improving local Workforce from private but mostly Investment Act efforts. public sources. As a result, these employ- CJC maintained frequent and candid conversa- ment and training tions with WIA affiliates, and with key administra- providers cut their tors at the Mayor’s Office of Workforce client service capacity, Development (MOWD) this year. Seeing ongoing leaving nearly 3,000 barriers to collaboration, we worked with the people un-served. Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health to design Others ended programs and implement a survey that identified opportuni- that had previously ties to strengthen partnerships between MOWD served 2,500 job seekers. and contractors—and among contractors—to improve services for WIA customers. We shared Since then, the crisis • Partnered with others engaged in local the results with MOWD and contractors, most of “The economy has has grown. Government ex-offender advocacy to better coordi- whom believed MOWD was improving WIA into career-path jobs. agencies have cut more nate our collective efforts. changed. The cost of resources from employ- administration. They also saw opportunities for: We also promoted transitional jobs programs. At our Winter Members We also convened the training sub- ment programs, yet • Improving contract management; living is higher. We demanded the same per- Meeting, we convened 100 providers committee of the Ex-Offender have a lot of people formance. Foundations • Reducing barriers to referring customers; who heard from Chicago, New York Employability Committee for the City and St. Paul practitioners who pre- Illinois Workforce Investment Board have lost more in the • Enhancing communication; who don’t have an stock market and have pare the hardest-to-employ for perma- (IWIB) to explore strategies for training reduced grants. More • Increasing sharing of best practices; and nent jobs by combining on-the-job frontline staff who serve ex-offenders. education, but need training, intensive case management, This work also informed our plan to and more unemployed • Strengthening training and technical assistance. residents—including and diligent mentoring. CJC also focus our capacity building on profes- a job.” 16,000 ex-offenders We will continue these quarterly surveys and encouraged legislators to fund this suc- sional development for local frontline released to five regular meetings to help MOWD identify barriers cessful model through editorials pub- staff. Reflecting the needs assessment Chicago zip codes— to better service, to facilitate self-assessments lished in the Chicago Sun-Times and the of local staff we facilitated last year, we ing, and two training conferences—that Manufacturing Foundation, talked have sought help find- among contractors and to inform our own work. Daily Southtown. launched a training series that helped provided industry insights and promis- about the challenges of pitching ing jobs. Quickly, fill a void in workforce education and ing practices in serving both job seekers employers—especially in a tight econo- demand began exceed- Expanding local skills training. Researching ex-offenders’ began to strengthen service delivery. and businesses. my—with Steve Cole, a hiring manager ing capacity. But com- employment barriers. During the training conferences, from Baltimore-based Struever munity-based organiza- In Chicago, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) dis- A Reality delivered with Working Ventures, par- Brothers, Eccles, & Rouse LLC. Steve tions have remained tricts create incentives to develop blighted com- Illinois incarcerates more drug offend- ticipants had their choice of sessions and Shannon Grund, a human munities by generating tax revenue earmarked committed to quality ers than any other state in the nation. Renee Joseph is a new job developer that focused on issues ranging from resources consultant at Rush- for further economic development within the dis- services that respond to When released, most go home to working with welfare recipients, ex- serving ex-offenders to strengthening Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, trict. This year, CJC helped shape the city’s TIF client and neighbor- Chicago’s low-income communities offenders, and others living on Chicago’s job retention. In two sessions on were among the faculty that presented Works proposal for advancing Chicago’s work- hood needs. where residents already struggle with south side where Community Assistance “Entry-Points to Ex-Offender Jobs,” the “Making A Good Business force, and helped negotiate the multi-million-dol- high rates of poverty and unemploy- Programs, a CJC member organization, training participants heard presenta- Impression” session. lar skills training program with administrators ment. To explore policy options for Ris based. She enjoys working directly tions that shed light on clients’ rap Renee, Andre and other training par- and the City Council. Moving forward, we will reducing ex-offenders’ barriers to with clients but sees major challenges: sheets and their transition from a ticipants reported that what they monitor fund use by participating in MOWD’s employment, CJC: “The economy has changed. The cost of prison culture to a culture of work. learned will help improve client service TIF Works Advisory Committee. Realizing the pressure to make place- and strengthen their relationships with • Co-sponsored a Chicago Urban living is higher. We have a lot of people ments, the “Good Retention through job seekers, businesses and each other. League conference where we brought who don’t have an education, but need a Good Matches” session facilitated dis- Moving forward, CJC hopes to continue Promoting innovative program models. insights we gathered from employers job.” Seeing fewer job prospects for her cussion and role-plays among partici- its staff training programs and ultimate- We shared with our colleagues on the Chicago on hiring people with criminal back- clients, Renee and her CAPs colleagues pants who shared techniques for gather- ly develop an institute that can offer Workforce Board’s Service Delivery Committee grounds. were looking for new ideas. ing insights into job seeker and employ- ongoing educational and networking promising practices we identified in bridge pro- They weren’t alone. • Created an ad-hoc committee focused er needs. opportunities for Chicago’s workforce grams. As a result, the Committee developed rec- More than 200 frontline workforce on developing outreach strategies with Other training participants got direct development professionals. ommendations to expand services that integrate development staff participated in CJC’s the business community. feedback from employers. Andre literacy and vocational training to move people training series—comprised of industry Kellum, a job developer with the Illinois with low literacy or without high school diplomas briefings in healthcare and manufactur- LeKeeta Charley, Chicago Christian Industrial Carol McDermott, Centers for New Horizons League Rachel McDonald, Central States SER Jerome Collins, TASC, Inc. Colleen McElroy, Lakefront SRO Corporation The People Behind Our Vision Derrick Davis, Lakefront SRO Corporation Lise McKean, Center for Impact Research Jerrold DeRon, Ada S. McKinley Services Diego Diaz, Operation ABLE/Pilsen One Stop Career Center * David Disabato, Safer Foundation Chinese American Service League Southwest Women Working Together Kathleen Dowling, Jane Addams Resource 8 Our FY 03 Our Vision ~ City Colleges of Chicago St. Leonard’s Ministries 9 Corporation Community Assistance Programs STRIVE/Chicago Employment Service Financial Outlook Effective public policy that results Ryan Eggert, CANDO/State Agenda for Corporation for Supportive Housing Suburban Job Link Corporation Foundations and corpo- Community Economic Development from diverse and broad community Dependable Nursing The CARA Program rations will provide 95 Michael Elliot, Roosevelt University participation Elam Davies Social Service Center of Fourth The Employment Project percent of our project- Presbyterian Church The Enterprising Kitchen ed fiscal year 2003 Erie Neighborhood House University of Illinois at Chicago/College of income of $668,000, a Over the course of the year, CJC worked with its Employment Resource Center of Chicago Urban Planning and Public Affairs 5.4 percent decrease members, working group participants, and fun- Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Welfare to Work Partnership/ ($35,559) from fiscal ders to develop and advance a community-driven Grand Boulevard Federation Business Resource Group year 2002. Membership vision for change. Greater North Pulaski Development Women Employed Corporation Women’s Business Development Center dues, earned income Greater West Town Community Women’s Self Employment Project Marcia Medema, YMCA Alliance and interest income Our Funders Development Project Woodlawn Development Associates Sherri Moses, Illinois Department of will account for the Health & Disability Advocates Work, Welfare & Families Throughout our history, we have enjoyed close Employment Security Health Care Consortium of Illinois YMCA Alliance remaining 5 percent. working relationships with the foundation commu- Darren Nolen, Shorebank Neighborhood Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Youth Guidance CJC’s projected Institute nity. We are grateful that, despite the year’s eco- Human Rights Youth Service Project expenses are $662,000, Anita Flores, Jane Addams Resource Nicole Pace, Work, Welfare, and Families nomic challenges, the following corporations and Howard Area Community Center/ Corporation Wendy Pollack, National Center on Poverty Law a 9 percent ($60,228) foundations have shown their steadfast support: Employment Resource Center Patrick Fowler, Day Care Action Council of Stefanie Porter, Employment Resource Center decrease from the pre- Hull House Association/ Individual Members Illinois Alex Prentzas, OAI, Inc. vious year, having cut Alphawood Foundation (formerly WPWR TV Channel 50) Housing Resource Center Evelyn Brodkin Marsie Frawley, Health and Disability Lupe Prieto, The Workforce Alliance Annie E. Casey Foundation Humboldt Park Economic Development Sandi Brown expenses primarily by Advocates Lowell Rice, Greater North Pulaski Bank One Corporation Trish DeJean leaving two staff posi- David Fries, IAM CARES Development Corporation Chicago Community Trust ic stars Mimi Gilpin tions unfilled. Seventy- Betty Gibson, Jane Addams Resource Terry Roseborough, Roseborough & Associates Chicago Tribune Charities, a fund of the Robert R. IAM CARES Dr. Kirk Harris six percent of our Corporation Phyllis Russell, Work, Welfare, and Families McCormick Tribune Foundation Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Henry Jackson Mimi Gilpin, League of Women Voters Sara Jo Ryan, YMCA Alliance expenses will be related Field Foundation of Illinois Inspiration Café Davis Jenkins Margie Gonwa, LEED Council, Inc. Amy Rynell, Heartland Alliance to our work in welfare John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Instituto del Progreso Latino Richard Kaye Angelique Grandone, ic stars Gail Scott, YMCA Alliance Joyce Foundation Jane Addams Resource Corporation Paul Kleppner reform and workforce Joyce Grangent, Corporation for Supportive Torrey Secton, Hull House Association Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Marcia Liebrecht development, including Housing Sara Seraj, Women in Community Service LaSalle Bank Jobs For Youth/Chicago Deborah Minor Bennett our capacity building Colette Grant, STRIVE/Chicago Employment Luke Shaefer, Work, Welfare, and Families Local Initiatives Support Corporation Lakefront SRO Corporation Sandy O’Donnell activities. Service Wally Smith, Management Association of Northern Trust Company LEED Council, Inc. Kathleen Petefish Gina Guillemette, Ounce of Prevention Illinois Additionally, 18 per- Polk Bros. Foundation Sandra Watson-Smith Fund/Kids PEPP Division Lois Snyder, League of Women Voters cent will be attributa- Rockefeller Foundation Kapila Wewegama Angela Hahn, Inspiration Café * Shannon Stewart, The Employment Project ble to administration Sara Lee Foundation Marta White Celeste Hall, ic stars * Laurel Taylor-Dudley, Chicago Area Project Woods Fund of Chicago Betty Willhoite due primarily to over- Megan Handley, Work, Welfare, and Families Betty Torrier, The Employment Project Kay Wilson hauling our account- Deborah Harrington, Woods Fund of Chicago Stacy Travis, New Moms, Inc. ing and bookkeeping Our Members Margaret Haywood, Inspiration Café Howard Wait, Asian Human Services systems, and rewriting Our Working Group Steve Heller, Regional Manufacturing Training Larry Wallace, DESI/Northwest One Stop Like other nonprofits, CJC had a close eye on our financial policies Collaborative Career Center funding and finances. We sincerely appreciate the Participants and procedures manual. Maureen Hellwig, Policy Research Action Tom Wetzel, North Lawndale Employment financial and intellectual contributions of our Group Network The remaining portion, CJC convenes its members and other members—100 community-based organizations, Mary Himmelberger, The Employment Project Kapila Wewegama 6 percent, will be allo- community-based organizations in businesses and individuals—whose daily work monthly working groups to identify key Sidney Hollander, Chicago Department of Betty Willhoite, League of Women Voters cated to fundraising Human Services Barbara Williams, The Inner Voice reflects our mission. League of Women Voters of Chicago activities. public policy issues that impact service Sheryl Holman, Community Assistance Rod Wilson, Kenwood Oakland Community Local Initiatives Support Corporation delivery to disadvantaged job seekers. Programs Organization National Center on Poverty Law We truly value the time they lend us in * Lacinda Hummel, Illinois Caucus for Laurel Wimpffen, IAM CARES Organizational Members Neighborhood Technology Resource Center Adolescent Health Jenny Wittner, Women Employed Ada S. McKinley Community Services New Moms, Inc. developing strategies to expand employ- Lois Hummel Meg Zimbeck, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Albany Park Community Center, Inc. Nonprofit Financial Center ment opportunities for Chicago’s low- Nancy Isaac, Lakefront SRO Corporation Health Alternative Schools Network North Lawndale Employment Network income residents. Russell Jackson, St. Leonard’s Ministries Association House OAI, Inc. Ray Jones, Bethel New Life * denotes working group chairs B.U.I.L.D., Inc. Operation ABLE Dana Andrews, Chicago Women in Trades Pamela Jones, Heartland Alliance Behavioral Interventions, Inc. Ounce of Prevention Fund/ Sue Augustus, Corporation for Supportive Andre Kellum, Illinois Manufacturing Note: Although we take the utmost care in Bethel New Life/People Work Kids PEPP Division Housing Foundation preparing these lists, a name may be omit- CAEL Paul Simon Job Corps Center Keith Bailey, City Colleges of Chicago Ricky Lam, Chinese American Service League ted or misspelled. If you notice an error, Center for Labor & Community Research Polish American Association Meegan Bassett, Safer Foundation Kathy Latek, Heartland Alliance please bring it to the attention of CJC staff. Central States SER PRAG/CURL Loyola University Nancy Bellew, City Colleges of Chicago Alona Lerman, North Lawndale Employment Thank you. Chicago Area Project Project JOBS Deborah Bennett, Polk Bros. 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