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The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) is operating two regional Workforce Hubs (Hubs) to recruit and provide clean energy and related workforce training to more than 400 career seekers at no cost. The Program will provide a stipend, tuition coverage, and other services to qualified participants.

The Workforce Hubs provide two training programs: a Bridge Program and a Job-Specific Training Program. The programs will prepare participants for careers as Weatherization and HVAC professionals, Solar Photovoltaic Installers, Electric Vehicle Charging Station Installers, and Hybrid Auto Technicians.

  • The Bridge Program addresses essential employability skills and clean energy basics to help participants succeed in various clean energy jobs and workplaces. The Program lasts up to four weeks, during which participants receive a stipend. 
  • The Bridge Program also prepares participants for the Job-Specific Technical Training options and will lead students to obtain, at a minimum, an OSHA-10 certification and a First Aid/CPR certification. The Program covers tuition costs.
  • Some clean energy employers may be interested in hiring people directly from the Bridge Program. 
  • After participants complete the Bridge Program, they will be directed to the Job-Specific training options, which, depending on their specialty, can last one to three months.  

The two Hubs are part of a network of 13 Hubs in the State of Illinois, as part of the Illinois Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, funded by the State’s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). The Program is designed to offer workforce development to historically underrepresented communities and residents. The Hubs will focus on serving residents of Chicago’s south and west sides, but the program is open to all residents of Chicago and Cook County.

The Hubs will engage with potential employers, community-based organizations, educational institutions, and community-based and labor-based training providers to ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have dedicated and sustained support to enter and build clean energy careers.

 

Interested residents should complete the CEJA Hubs interest form. 

 

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About The Partnership

The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) is the non-profit umbrella organization that operates one of the largest public workforce systems in the country. As the designated administrator of federal workforce development funding for the City of Chicago and Cook County, The Partnership oversees a network of approximately 70 community-based organizations, American Job Centers, satellite sites, and sector-driven centers. The organization also oversees a diverse portfolio of workforce initiatives utilizing other public, corporate and philanthropic funds. For more information, visit https://chicookworks.org/ or to reach an American Job Center, visit LevelUpAJC.org.