Inside the Black Box - Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

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SER Central States Year Started Location Mission Area of Service Delivery Description of Services 1987, following a reorganization of SER of Cook County. SER-Jobs for Progress of Cook County (the predecessor of Central States SER- Jobs for Progress); was founded in 1970. Little Village Center: 3948 W. 26th Street, Suite 213, Chicago, IL Garfield Workforce Center: 10 S. Kedzie, Chicago, IL Cicero: 2138 S. 61th Court, Chicago, IL SER Central States promotes economic self-sufficiency and upward mobility for low-income community residents through education and employment. Little Village Center: A largely immigrant and Latino neighborhood Garfield Workforce Center: A predominately African American neighborhood on the west side Cicero: A town west of the city with a large Mexican and Hispanic population SER Central States offers programs for youth, adults and seniors. These include: • For youth, PODER (a 21 st Century Community Learning Center), WIA YES program for out-of-school youth, “GED on Wheels”, a career development center, and a Gang Intervention program. • For adults, SER Central States offers a Healthcare Careers Pathway Program, a Transitional Jobs program and the Garfield Workforce Center. • For seniors, SER offers the Senior Community Employment Services Program (SCSEP), which provides job training and permanent job placements. SER also operates a community technology center—a resource center for community residents. Funding Website Description Length of Program SER Central States is a Centers for Working Families site, offering financial counseling and services. The majority of funding for SER Central States is public funding— federal (DOL, WIA), state (IDHS), city (DFSS, DCD) and county, with some private funding. www.centralstatesser.org Program(s) of primary focus in this report Healthcare Careers Pathway Program SER’s Healthcare Careers Pathway Programs involve two main components: helping lower-skilled, lower-income adults gain access to training that leads to a viable career in healthcare, and helping local healthcare employers find quality staff. The program helps individuals complete a contextualized literacy and numeracy program so that they may gain admission into a healthcare-focused occupational training program at Chicago City Colleges and ultimately find employment at a healthcare facility. 8 weeks for the bridge and 8 weeks for CNA training Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 78
Size of Program Eligibility Participants Served Description Length of Program Size of Program Eligibility Participants Served 12-20 participants per cohort Participants must be below a ninth grade level in math or reading and be either a CHA resident with a FamilyWorks provider or a WIA-eligible low-income adult. Adults interested in an occupation in the health industry Garfield Workforce Center The Garfield Workforce Center offers employment assistance through employment counseling, job preparation and coaching, resume development, and interviewing skills workshops and facilitates enrollment into occupational training that leads to employment in in-demand fields with wages that lead to selfsufficiency. Funding and program operations are annual. Current caseload of 700 adults and dislocated workers Participants must be Chicago residents, at least 18 years old and low income during the 12 months prior to application or recently laid off from employment. Low income adults and dislocated workers. Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 79
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Executive Summary The workforce dev
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Introduction The workforce developm
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