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2008 – 2015 107 high school juniors and seniors successfully completed our Student Connect afterschool job-readiness program which provided job-readiness training, life skills and job shadowing to juniors and seniors in the North Chicago, Waukegan, and Zion high schools.
2009 – 2014 Placed over 700 low-income and disadvantage youth and adult residents of Lake County, IL in subsidized and non-subsidized jobs.
2009 - For the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County, successfully recruited, interviewed and administered aptitude testing to 141 applicants for their Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Trades Program
2010 - Received the Soring Eagles - Peoples Voce News Paper “Business Leadership Award”
2010 - 2011 Employee Connections was awarded a $275,896 grant to implement and operation the Put Illinois to Work Program for all of Lake County, IL. This program was funded by the Department of Human Service. 400 low-income Youth and Adult were placed through Employee Connections in subsidized employment across Lake County, IL making on an average of $1,600 a month per trainee-worker for nine months. This amounted to roughly $5.5 million dollars in trainee-worker income from this program spent in Lake County, IL. This was a significant positive impact on Lake County, IL’s economy.
2011 - Received Bank of America Neighborhood Award in conjunction with the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County.
2011 - Received Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County - Wreather L. Osorio Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
2011 - Awarded a $9,000 grant from The Lake County Community Foundation
2011 – 2012 Awarded $49,600 for the Digital Divide grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Used for the “Joshua Project” – Computer Soft Skills Training Program. Over 250 program participants successfully completed training and graduated from the program.
2013 - 2014 Provided computer soft skills training for Lake County Jails work release inmates, Salvation Army Rehabilitation program residents, Waukegan Township clients and other low-income and youth and adults in Lake County, IL.
2013 – 2014 Providing Job-readiness and Life Skills training to participants in the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County’s Transportation Construction Apprenticeship Readiness Training, Referral and Intermodal Placement Program (funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation).
2013 -2014 – Awarded $530,000 in grants by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Grants were used to implement the SYEP Summer Youth Employment Programs for all Lake County, IL. 200 youth ages 16 – 24 participated in the program earning an hourly rate of $9 and working a 35-hour week for four to five months. All youth successfully completed the program and 15% of youth were hired after the program ended in permanent jobs.
2013 – 2015 Awarded a $146,970 in mini grants by anonymous donor to operation our small summer youth employment program. 62 youth ages 14 – 18 participated in the Mini 20 and Career Builders programs. Youth earned an hourly rate of $9 and worked a 25- 35-hour week for six to seven weeks. All youths successfully completed the program and two were hired on permanent after the program ended.
2014 - Received Community Action Partnership of Lake County’s Emerging Leader Award
2014 - 2016 Employee Connections, in partnership with the Lake County Jails and Sheriff’s Office implemented an in-house computer training program for inmates. This training is provided inside the jail for groups of 15 or more inmates to go through a 5-week training program year round.
2016 - Received the Fuller Center, Hero Project - Working Families award.
2016 Received the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County’s Legacy Award
2017 – Youth Job-Readiness to On-The-Job Training Program. Received $98,782 in funds from Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in Partnership with Community Partnership of Lake County to administer this program. 25 youth ages 15-24 successfully completed the program 20% of youth transitioned from subsidized to unsubsidized employment.
2017 – Awarded a $278,847.00 by the Illinois Department of Human Services to implement our “Youth Job-Readiness Transition to Work” Community Youth Employment Program.
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2008 – 2015 107 high school juniors and seniors successfully completed our Student Connect afterschool job-readiness program which provided job-readiness training, life skills and job shadowing to juniors and seniors in the North Chicago, Waukegan, and Zion high schools.
2009 – 2014 Placed over 700 low-income and disadvantage youth and adult residents of Lake County, IL in subsidized and non-subsidized jobs.
2009 - For the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County, successfully recruited, interviewed and administered aptitude testing to 141 applicants for their Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Trades Program
2010 - Received the Soring Eagles - Peoples Voce News Paper “Business Leadership Award”
2010 - 2011 Employee Connections was awarded a $275,896 grant to implement and operation the Put Illinois to Work Program for all of Lake County, IL. This program was funded by the Department of Human Service. 400 low-income Youth and Adult were placed through Employee Connections in subsidized employment across Lake County, IL making on an average of $1,600 a month per trainee-worker for nine months. This amounted to roughly $5.5 million dollars in trainee-worker income from this program spent in Lake County, IL. This was a significant positive impact on Lake County, IL’s economy.
2011 - Received Bank of America Neighborhood Award in conjunction with the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County.
2011 - Received Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County - Wreather L. Osorio Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
2011 - Awarded a $9,000 grant from The Lake County Community Foundation
2011 – 2012 Awarded $49,600 for the Digital Divide grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Used for the “Joshua Project” – Computer Soft Skills Training Program. Over 250 program participants successfully completed training and graduated from the program.
2013 - 2014 Provided computer soft skills training for Lake County Jails work release inmates, Salvation Army Rehabilitation program residents, Waukegan Township clients and other low-income and youth and adults in Lake County, IL.
2013 – 2014 Providing Job-readiness and Life Skills training to participants in the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County’s Transportation Construction Apprenticeship Readiness Training, Referral and Intermodal Placement Program (funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation).
2013 -2014 – Awarded $530,000 in grants by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Grants were used to implement the SYEP Summer Youth Employment Programs for all Lake County, IL. 200 youth ages 16 – 24 participated in the program earning an hourly rate of $9 and working a 35-hour week for four to five months. All youth successfully completed the program and 15% of youth were hired after the program ended in permanent jobs.
2013 – 2015 Awarded a $146,970 in mini grants by anonymous donor to operation our small summer youth employment program. 62 youth ages 14 – 18 participated in the Mini 20 and Career Builders programs. Youth earned an hourly rate of $9 and worked a 25- 35-hour week for six to seven weeks. All youths successfully completed the program and two were hired on permanent after the program ended.
2014 - Received Community Action Partnership of Lake County’s Emerging Leader Award
2014 - 2016 Employee Connections, in partnership with the Lake County Jails and Sheriff’s Office implemented an in-house computer training program for inmates. This training is provided inside the jail for groups of 15 or more inmates to go through a 5-week training program year round.
2016 - Received the Fuller Center, Hero Project - Working Families award.
2016 Received the Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County’s Legacy Award
2017 – Youth Job-Readiness to On-The-Job Training Program. Received $98,782 in funds from Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in Partnership with Community Partnership of Lake County to administer this program. 25 youth ages 15-24 successfully completed the program 20% of youth transitioned from subsidized to unsubsidized employment.
2017 – Awarded a $278,847.00 by the Illinois Department of Human Services to implement our “Youth Job-Readiness Transition to Work” Community Youth Employment Program.
Officer • President Cynthia Dockery-Harris
President • Employee Connections, Inc., NFP and
President/CEO Meeting Essentials By D'esign, Inc.
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Officer • Vice-President/Treasurer Arthur J. Gass
Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County, Illinois
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
Reverend Ellie Coleman
Pastor of Way through the Word Ministries
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Dr. Lucille Coleman, Nursing Faculty
College of Lake County
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Robert and Suzanne Wieseneck
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Stephen McCulley, General Manager
Holiday Inn Gurnee Convention Center
Gurnee, IL 60031
• Adult Youth Employment Program is designed for at risk youth from low to moderate income families between the ages of 16 to 24 in-school youth and out-of-school youth. The core components of this program include the development of "real life" skills, social skills, academic enrichment, job readiness training and self-worth and on-the- job training experience.
• Candidate Referral Program - This is a job placement program where local area employers contact Employee Connections to refer employment age youth and adults that have successfully completed one of our programs, to them to interview for employment opportunities.
• Career Builders - This is our Summer Youth Employment program that is designed for at risk youth from low to moderate income families between the ages of 14 to 17 in-school youth. The core components of this program include the development of "real life" skills, social skills, academic enrichment, job readiness training and self-worth and on-the-job training experience. Youth are provided a stipend as well.
• Illinois WorkNet® Work Readiness Assessment Training As a certified Illinois workNet® we provide training to youth and adults on work readiness skills. Participants learn about the skills and qualities that effective employees possess including the following topics
1) Communication
2) Maintaining Professionalism
3) Demonstrating Work Ethics and Behavior
4) Solving Problems
5) Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
6) Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Life Skills and Work-readiness Training - With our Youth and Adult Employment Education and Training programs we offer: Job Readiness Training and life skills training that prepare participants for employment and how to sustain their jobs once hired. It covers: Preparing a resume, job application, cover and thank you letters, career exploration, interviewing skills, job seeking, work place expectations, behavior on the job, being reliable and on time, financial accountability and budgeting, appropriate attire and conflict resolution.
• Student Connect - This is an after school Work-readiness training program for High School Juniors and Seniors. Students are trained in job readiness skills to prepare them for them workforce. This program develops partnerships for training and development and job placement opportunities for the student participants.
• Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) - This program is funded by the State of Illinois. It is administered by Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Department of Human Services. It provides on-the-job training and experiences. Low-income and at-risk youth are eligible to participate in the program. The program pays youth at $9.00 hourly wage for a 35-40 hourly week for six weeks. Youth are required to also take the Illinois workNet® work-readiness assessment and received their certificate of completion before being placed on a worksite.
• The Joshua Project - Computer Skills Training Program is free to low-income, low-skilled disadvantaged youth and adults. The program provides an introduction to concepts addressing basic computer hardware application of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software.
Work Readiness Training: Training is provided on the work readiness skills needed for employment using the Illinois workNet portal www.illinoisworknet.com In addition; work readiness activities may also include hands-on experience aligned with the Nation-wide Career Clusters. All are program youth are provide with the following training:
• NOCTI 21st Century Skills Assessment
• Career Cluster Inventory
• Employment 101 Curriculum
1) Pre-assessment
2) Educational Activities
3) Post-assessment