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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Bureau of Economic Development
Grantee: Bureau of Economic Development
Grantor: State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: As the lead organization for the Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC), the Bureau of Economic Development has received funds to serve as a regional navigator for the DCEO’s Apprenticeship Expansion Program.
Grant Amount: $140,000.00
Grant Period: 12/1/2018 - 6/30/2020
Fiscal Impact: $0
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
Department of Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents and determined fiscal impact, if any.
Summary: Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC) aims to use its role as a ‘regional navigator’ to demonstrate the relevance, value and viability of the apprenticeship model for manufacturers.
CMMC will reach out to manufacturers and workforce stakeholders to demystify apprenticeships and provide digestible information about manufacturing related apprenticeships as well as feature manufacturers already utilizing apprenticeships.
The goal is to increase the number of employers and partners offering or expanding pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
To support CMMC’s role as a ‘navigator’, CMMC secured MOUs from the following organizations:
• Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
• Calumet Area Industrial Commission,
• Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative
• Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation
• German American Chamber of Commerce ICATT
• Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC)
• Manufacturing Renaissance
• OAI, Inc.
• Prairie State College, and
• Richard J. Daley College
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