Board & CEO Monthly Updates | |
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Upcoming Meetings
Thursday, June 8, 2023
- Planning & Oversight at 4:30 pm
Monday, June 12, 2023
- Youth Committee at 3:00 pm
- Consortium at 4:00 pm
- Dinner at 5:30 pm
- Board at 6:00 pm
- CEO immediately following Board
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March Highlights
- 62 New Enrollments to date
- 465 Participants Served
- 412 Receiving Direct Training
- $1,486,724 spent on Direct Training
*See full report for County-by-County breakdown
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March LWIB Meeting Recording | |
For those of you who missed March's meetings or you were there but want to relive the glorious experience, recordings have been uploaded to our YouTube channel.
Click the image above to watch the Board & CEO meetings. For the Planning & Oversight Committee, click on the YouTube icon below to go to the LWIA 23 channel.
Remember to subscribe to our channel to get notifications whenever videos are posted!
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WIOA Summit: We Are ONE Workforce | |
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WIOA Summit: We Are ONE Workforce
May 11 - 12, 2023
Embassy Suites and Conference Center
East Peoria
Virtual attendance option available
You may see some familiar names on the agenda. Nate Carlson, the LWIA 23 Apprenticeship Navigator, will facilitate a breakout session at 9:00 am on Friday. Check out Nate's Best Practices for Developing Registered Apprenticeship Programs Through Intermediary/Navigator Collaboration, featuring Bonnie Moore, Director of Center for Business and Industry at Lake Land College, and Jamie Corda Hadjaoui, Director for LWIA 23.
The Summit reflects the commitment to collaboration and the unified mission fostered by WIOA law. The WIOA Summit is intentionally designed to assist our local core partner staff and board members, by providing practical guidance on service and system integration. The WIOA Professional Development Committee representing the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Department of Employment Securities, Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Department of Human Services.
The WIOA Summit 2023 offers a hybrid format, so there is still time to register and join in virtually from the comfort of your own office!
See you there!
#oneworkforce2023 #wioasummit2023
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Apprenticeship Navigator Grant | | | |
As we continue to celebrate the success of Illinois’s first Registered Nursing apprenticeship with Clay County Hospital (video below), we are excited to announce additional healthcare apprenticeships in development across LWIA 23’s thirteen counties for Surgical Technologist, Radiologic Technician, and Certified Medical Assistant roles. Programs for Industrial Maintenance Technicians, Recruitment Specialists, and CDL Drivers are also in active development at this time, and we anticipate more to come from our upcoming Manufacturing Roundtable this week. | |
Incumbent Worker Training Projects | |
The Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) program helps local employers develop and implement training programs for current employees who need intensive services in order to retain employment. IWT provides employers with a means of working with their current employees who need to improve their skills in order to avoid being laid off or to qualify for promotion in their Career Pathway.
Contact Tony Logue at alogue@lakelandcollege.edu for more information on Incumbent Worker Training projects.
It has been a banner year for IWT. Check out the most recent IWT projects in LWIA 23...
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JB Esker & Sons, Inc.
CDL
Effingham County
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Lester Buildings
Lean Concepts
Coles County
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Three Z Printing
New Equipment
Effingham County
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D's Recycling
CDL
Coles County
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Dana Corp.
Applied Electricity
Crawford County
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The Entrance Conference for the kickoff to DCEO monitoring is on Monday, May 15th at 11am.
This year's monitoring visit will take a hybrid-style approach. The DCEO monitoring team will be on-site for three to four days and remote for the remainder of the process.
Debbie and Tony are hard at work gathering the requested documents and uploading them to the State's system. Our team at CEFS is in the process of gathering case files uploaded for review as well. Thank you all for your diligent work!
We are confident this year's monitoring visit will be a breeze!
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The LWIA 23 Memorandum of Understanding, or The MOU, is the agreement amongst all WIOA partners in LWIA 23 to commit to service integration. It is our agreement to effectively collaborate to optimize the quality of services provided at our local One-Stop Center/American Job Center in Effingham. We also include the budget of infrastructure costs and reflect how each required partner contributes its proportionate share of costs at the One-Stop.
Our most recent MOU has been updated and is currently awaiting signatures from our IDES partners. The updated MOU will go into effect July 1, 2023 and expire June 30, 2026.
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The LWIA 23 Business Services Team is currently working on plans for hosting Sector Roundtable discussions and implementing the Talent Pipeline Management framework to help sector partnerships develop solutions for their talent pipeline challenges.
Manufacturing Sector Roundtable discussion on Tuesday, April 25th at Kluthe generated a lot of interested from local employers. It is expected that 8 - 10 businesses will participate. A summary of common pain-points discussed will be available soon.
Upcoming sector roundtables include information technology, child care, and healthcare.
Next BST meeting will be held at the Kluthe Center in Effingham on Wednesday, May 17th at 1 pm. Join us!
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RED Southeast Region Updates | | | |
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Check out the most recent updates from DCEO's Regional Economic Development Team.
- Second Chance Employers Wanted for Virtual Job Fair - April 27th
- Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program NOFO
- Data for Decision Makers Webinar - April 27th
- IDOT Transit Planning Grant Opportunity
- USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Opportunity
- and other agency grants and programs
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Illinois B2B Grant Application for
Eligible restaurants, hotels and creative arts businesses are invited to apply for $175 million in available grant funding as part of our efforts to support ongoing recovery in hard-hit industries. All applicants will receive a grant as long as they meet eligibility requirements, submit proper documentation and attestations required by the program.
Applications will be open from April 5 through May 10, 2023 and awards are expected to be made several weeks after the deadline date.
Please visit our website for more information on these programs, including detailed eligibility guidelines and program FAQs. Also see the list of Community Navigator organizations across the region that have been trained on these programs and stand ready to assist businesses when the applications launch. The closest is www.ilbusinessnavigators.com.
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Business Navigator Alliance Webinar Series | |
Data for Decision Makers
Thursday, April 27 @ 10:30 a.m.
Join the Business Navigator Alliance and Zachary Kennedy, University of Illinois Extension Specialist for this free webinar. Understanding demographic, business, and economic data allows you to make informed decisions. Data is a fundamental tool that will help you respond successfully to economic and social challenges.
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Growth & Good News in LWIA 23 |  | |
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges expands the Small Business Development Center
As reported by The Hometown Register - Illinois Eastern Community Colleges has been awarded a Small Business Development Center designation from the Illinois Small Business Development Center Network.
The SBDC program provides no-cost, one-on-one business consulting and training to entrepreneurs and small business owners. The Illinois SBDC at IECC will offer services to the IECC district and surrounding communities.
“The Illinois SBDC at IECC empowers entrepreneurs with a comprehensive suite of services, ranging from business plan development, market research, financial analysis, marketing and advertising, to management training. With a steadfast commitment to fostering the growth of small businesses, the Illinois SBDC at IECC serves as an invaluable resource for aspiring and established entrepreneurs alike,” said SBDC advisor Claire Vaughan.
Illinois SBDC at IECC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
The partnerships enable Illinois SBDC at IECC to offer confidential advising services to the community at no cost.
Look out for Claire Vaughan and Sharmila Kakac in an upcoming WIN: Workforce Innovation News episode! Subscribe now so you do not miss it!
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What is growing in your communities?
Please share all the good news!
Please contact Jamie Corda Hadjaoui to have your events, business news, or other workforce highlights added to the newsletter.
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The WIN Podcast
Episodes 26 & 27 are available NOW!
E26: Building Trust and Creating a Judgement-Free Zone
Heidi Cade, Family Advocate for C.E.F.S Head Start, returns to the program to discuss how her educational background in child and adolescent psychology has helped her in her current role doing WIOA career planning and case management. Heidi reveals the importance of building trust with individuals and how to create a judgment-free zone. She also provides details about the work experience program and shares tips for how professionals can avoid burnout.
E27: WIOA Individual Success Story - Michelle Henry
Heidi Cade, Family Advocate for C.E.F.S Head Start, joins the program along with Michelle Henry, a service program participant. Michelle shares her journey and why she reached out for support after losing her job and why she decided to pursue additional training. She also reveals how she overcame multiple obstacles along the way, including managing her studies while caring for an infant child. Heidi also discusses how her organization got the word out about services, even during the pandemic.
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Want to be our guest?! We'd love to have you make an appearance. Just reach out to Jamie to schedule a time to record.
Subscribe and never miss WIN: Workforce Innovation News!
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In a regional effort to address gaps in our local workforce, LWIA 23 is on the mission to bring Talent Pipeline Management concepts home!
What is Talent Pipeline Management (TPM)?
Talent Pipeline Management is a concentrated effort among all workforce development stakeholders - especially education and industry partners - to create and sustain a high-caliber talent pool. TPM applies concepts from Supply Chain Management to workforce and education.
The local economy and workforce is ever-evolving and the skills gaps in the workforce persist across industries. Employers need an effective long game strategy that will help them communicate their industry and employability skills needs to the local training providers. We are faced with the fact that upskilling is no longer a luxury - it is a necessity. TPM creates external pipelines for new talent, but also fosters opportunities for upskilling, career development, and succession planning as our workforce nears retirement.
What are the benefits of Talent Pipeline Management?
To name a few:
•Employer led
•Data-driven
•Creates shared value
•Sparks innovation
Jamie Corda Hadjaoui and Courtney Yockey continue with training in the six TPM strategies as they work through group capstone projects. Training will continue into May, with final strategy training the week of the WIOA Summit. Training will culminate at the end of May, with Jamie and Courtney earning TPM certification. Our Apprenticeship Navigator, Nate Carlson, is already TPM certified! We are excited to bring another tool to support a thriving workforce in our region!
Be on the lookout for more TPM information to come over the next few months as we progress on the TPM journey!
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Illinois Workforce Innovation Board (IWIB)
IWIB is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and modification of the Unified State Plan, convening all relevant programs, required partners and stakeholders, and providing oversight and strategic leadership for the state workforce development system.
Through a committee and task force structure, IWIB representatives from private/public partner programs offer policy recommendations to strengthen Illinois' workforce system. All policies developed or commented upon include input from partners and the general public.
Learn more at illinoisworknet.com/WIOA
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Workforce GPS
WorkforceGPS is your online technical assistance website created to help build the capacity of America's public workforce investment system. WorkforceGPS was developed specifically for workforce professionals, educators, and business leaders. Here you will find curated communities of interest, useful webinars and other training resources, promising workforce development practices, and relevant evidence-based research – giving you the tools you need to help you create innovative approaches to improve the employment prospects of job seekers.
Learn more at WorkforceGPS.org
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ION - Innovation and Opportunity Network
The Innovation and Opportunity Network (ION) is designed to support state and local workforce development boards, system professionals, and employers, helping you find the resources you need to successfully implement the vision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). With links to guidance documents, the latest technical assistance and training tools, and numerous ways to engage with your peers across the country, ION helps you stay informed and connected as you navigate towards WIOA implementation success.
Learn more at ION.workforcegps.org
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WIOA Works Illinois
WIOA Works Illinois is an online resource to assist business and industry leaders, policy makers, community organizations and workforce professionals in achieving success under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This site will keep you up-to-date on our state's policies and programs, highlight local innovation by sharing best practices and success stories, and outline specific policies to ensure a skilled workforce for our state's employers.
Learn more at Illinois WorkNet
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