Organizational Endorsers

A Safe Haven, LLC

Association House

Aurora Township

Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County, IL

Booker T. Washington Center

Bridge Communities

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest

Careers, Etc. (Rockford)

CARES Chicago

Center for Labor and Community Research

Center for Sight and Hearing (Rockford)

Center for Tax and Budget Accountability

Chicago and Cook County Building Trades Council, Labor Management Cooperation Committee

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Chicago Jobs Council

Chicago Jobs with Justice

Chicago Urban League

Chicago Women in Trades

Citizen Action/Illinois

City of Hoopeston

Community Assistance Programs

Community Connections Consulting, Inc.

Community Foundation of Decatur/Macon County

Community Support Advisory Council — Springfield

Decatur Jobs Council

Delabar Vocational Education System

Discovery House

DuPage PADS

Easter Seals, Inc.

Employment and Employer Services

Empower to Succeed

Erie Neighborhood House

Family Focus Aurora

Forward Intentions

Glenbard Transition Program

Good Jobs First Illinois

Growing Home, Inc.

Harborquest, Inc.

Health and Disabilities Advocates

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights

Heartland Continuum of Care

Heartland Human Care Services, Inc.

Helping Hands of Springfield

HESED House

Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies

Illinois Growth Enterprises

Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Illinois Workforce Partnership

Illinois Youth Build Coalition

Inner City Mission

Inspiration Corporation

Jane Addams Resource Corporation

Jewish Vocational Service

Job Collaborative of Rockford

La Casa Norte

La Voz Latina

LEED Council, Inc.

Lincoln Land Community College

Macomb Area Economic Development Corporation

Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce & Downtown Development Corporation

Madison-Bond Workforce Investment Board

Marketing Consultants Unlimited

Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (Chicago)

Mercy Housing Lakefront

Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

National Able Network

National Association of Social Workers — Illinois Chapter

National Latino Education Institute

North Lawndale Employment Network

Northwest Community Center

OAI, Inc.

People’s Resource Center

Peoria Public Schools

Phalanx Family Services

Primed for Life, Inc.

Project READ (Decatur)

Project Return of Central Illinois

Quad County Urban League

RITAS Ministries

Rock Island County Regional Office of Education

Rockford Jobs Council

Roseborough and Associates

Safer Foundation

Sangamon County Community Resources

Sankofa Safe Child Initiative

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Second Chance Employment Empowerment Project

Self Help Jobs Program

Service Employees International Union — Local 4

Serving Jesus Willingly Urban Ministry

Simmons Insurance Agency

South Shore Chamber, Inc.

Spannaus Consulting

Springfield Community Federation

Springfield Urban League

St. Sabina Employment Resource Center

The Cara Program

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The Parent Place

Tower of Refuge, Inc.

Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network (UCAN)

University of Illinois, Center for Public Safety and Justice

Voices for Illinois Children

West Suburban Jobs Council

Western Illinois Entrepreneurship Center

Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Council

Women Employed

Workforce and Employer Resource Collaborative

Workforce Investment Solutions

Working Poor Families Project

YMCA Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago

YWCA of Springfield

YWCA Aurora

Individual Endorsers
(Organization or City listed for identification purposes only)

Susan Bending, Alternatives, Inc.

Jennie Dye, MAPA

Cheryl M. Francis, Chicago Area Project

James Hiller,  Burleigh Street CDC

Fred Hollyman, Homeless United for Change

Michael Lelys, Springfield Community Federation

Rev. Terry Lenoir, Sr., New Gideon M.B. Church

David Limon, Oak Park, IL

Robert Luther, SCORE

Jeff Marcella, Chicago IL

Virgil J. Mayberry, Rock Island, IL

Marcia Medema, City Colleges of Chicago

Charlene Moe, Chatham IL

Sandra Mulligan, Rockford, IL

Doug Schenkelberg, Heartland Alliance for Human Rights and Human Needs

Sharon Slayton, Diversity Business Enterprises

Natalie Wharton, Forward Intentions