The chicago cook workforce partnership is a nonprofit organization that operates the largest public workforce system in the country and has placed over 90,000 workers into jobs that support four…

The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership will use a $37.1 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to deliver workforce training programs through four sector partnerships. The Partnership will lead partnerships focused on healthcare, manufacturing, transportation/logistics, and information technology. These partnerships will work with over 40 employer partners and the Chicago Workforce Funders Alliance to place more than 90,000 job seekers in in-demand positions in these critical industries by September 2025. Specifically, two healthcare partnerships led by Health & Medicine Policy Research Group will provide training for jobs in Chicago's healthcare sector. The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development will oversee manufacturing training programs. Olive Harvey College will head a transportation/logistics partnership. P33 will direct an information technology training initiative. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program aims to support regions facing adverse economic changes through various planning and infrastructure grants.

The chicago cook workforce partnership is a nonprofit organization that operates the largest public workforce system in the country and has placed over 90,000 workers into jobs that support four critical industries to chicago's economy. Two healthcare sector partnerships will focus on training workers in chicago's healthcare industry and will be led by the non-profit health & medicine policy research group. The cook county bureau of economic development will lead a manufacturing sector partnership focused on placing chicago workers into quality manufacturing jobs. Olive harvey college will lead a transportation, distribution, and logistics sector partnership, ensuring a robust workforce that is essential to the region's and country's supply chain. P33 - a non-profit founded in 2019 to better connect chicago technology employers with local stakeholders - will lead an information technology sector partnership to train and place workers in jobs in the local technology industry. The chicago cook workforce partnership has over 40 letters of commitment from leading employers and has also partnered with the chicago workforce funders alliance, which engages over 30 major chicago-based philanthropic funders of workforce development. With ready-to-scale projects in key sectors, the awardee will create sustainable pipelines to good-paying jobs with a focus on communities on chicago's south and west sides.