Chicago IT Talent Initiative
This iniative prioritizes the IT (Information Technology) sector. It is focused on helping the region's IT employers invest in and diversity their IT pipeline through deep partnership with the workforce system, especially City Colleges of Chicago. An industry workforce partnership; see the funders.
Healthcare Workforce Collaborative
This iniative prioritizes healthcare sector. It is focused on helping the region's healthcare employers meet their goals of increasing local and targeted hiring and improving their talent pipelines. An industry workforce partnership; see the funders.
Reimagine Retail
This iniative prioritizes the retail sector. It is focused on improving the retention of front-line workers and helping those jobs be better starting points of career pathways. An industry workforce partnership; see the funders.
Pro Path Fund
This project is the intersection of education and career pathways, focused on improving the transition from secondary to post-secondary systems for career pathways that do not require starting with a college degree. A project fund; see the funders.
Raise the Floor Alliance
Thiscollaboration of the region's major worker centers is focused on improving low-wage work through a strategic combination of worker empowerment, legal services and policy advocacy. An industry collaboration; see the funders.
Racial Equity Accountability Project
This partnership is focused on exploring whether a workforce development system that invests in its capacity to use data can deepen its impact on racial equity outcomes. A develping partnership; see the funders.