ENDORSE THE VISION OF ILLINOIS WORKS FOR THE FUTURE
To compete successfully in a global economy and end poverty, Illinois needs an integrated economic and workforce development policy that works for everyone:
- producing skilled workers,
- in strong businesses,
- with good jobs,
- that foster thriving communities.
Realizing this vision will require a series of policy initiatives that:
- Ensure Illinoisans develop the skills businesses demand in a modern economy.
- Create career paths and job opportunities for all working-age Illinoisans, from the least skilled and most disadvantaged to middle income workers whose skills have become obsolete.
- Invest resources in the capital and human infrastructure needed to attract and retain “high road” employers that provide quality jobs, wages, and benefits.
- Encourage entrepreneurship, small business growth, technology transfers from Illinois’ higher education system, and other economic/workforce development innovation in all communities across Illinois to grow competitive state businesses.
- Support economic and workforce development that is environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable.