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Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC)
Year Started 1985
Location 4432 N. Ravenswood Ave.; Chicago, IL 60640
Mission
The Jane Addams Resource Corporation promotes strong
communities, businesses, and households to ensure that people who
work do not live in poverty.
JARC provides high quality skills training and support services to
help lower-income and unemployed workers achieve self-sufficiency.
JARC provides economic and workforce development services to
businesses to improve their competitiveness.
Area of Service Delivery Ravenswood corridor; however, participants come from all of
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs
Funding
Support is provided by both public and private funding
Description of Services
JARC offers several sector-based job training programs, including:
• Careers in Manufacturing Program (CMP), vocational
training programs offering training in CNC and Welding
• Manufacturing Bridge Program, for those interested in CMP
but lack the requisite academic levels,
• Women in Manufacturing Program (WMP), a recently
launched program specifically for women, and
• Manufacturing Skills Program, providing job training for
employers.
JARC also provides adult literacy services, a community technology
center, GED prep and business support services.
JARC also operates the Jane Addams Development and Delta
Corporations—a social enterprise initiative redeveloping mixed-use
property in the Ravenswood Corridor.
Website
Description
Length of Program
Size of Program
Eligibility
JARC is a Centers for Working Families site, offering financial
counseling and asset development opportunities for individuals
enrolled in one of the JARC training programs.
www.jane-addams.org
Program(s) of primary focus in this report
Careers in Manufacturing Program
The Careers in Manufacturing Program (CMP) is a vocational
training program offering tracks in both CNC and welding training.
In addition to technical training in workplace-like settings, the CMP
offers training in computers (Microsoft Word, internet, and email),
work readiness (problem solving, employer expectations, company
tours, interviewing skills), and financial education (saving, budgeting,
credit and debt, homeownership).
CNC: 20 weeks, 500 hours (100 hours of which is in CWF)
Welding: 10 weeks, 235 hours (25 hours of which is CWF)
74 total enrolled (FY10)
Participants must be able to read at a sixth grade level (most
newspapers and magazines) for the Manufacturing Bridge, and a
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