Job Training

15 Westside organizations offer job training or job referrels at this time:

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ABW Developmental Center
Allison United Foundation for Better Living
Austin People's Action Committee
Bethel New Life
Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation
Chicago Workforce Center Services for Job Seekers
F.A.I.T.H. Inc.
Habilitative Systems
MAD DADS Chicago Chapter
Reaching the Mark, Inc.
Shorebank Neighborhood Institute
Sister House
Westside Holistic Family Services
Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center & Business Incubator
Wilbur Wright College
Youth Service Project

ABW Developmental Center

Address:
4151 West Madison Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
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Phone: (773) 638-1133

Fax: (773) 265-8622

Mission: Our mission is to help you expand your mind.

Services:

Participants will learn basic and occupational skills. Participant will learn and participate in employment. And voluntary work assignments. Vocational placement. Life skills development and assessment and much, much more.

For more information please call Mrs. Phoebia Williams President and founder.

Allison United Foundation for Better Living

Address:
4540 W Washington Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60624
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Telephone: (773) 261-3309

Fax: (773) 261-5950

Email: AUF1@JUNO.COM

Mission: Committed to the concept that people are our most precious resource, the Allison United Foundation for Better Living was organized to address the physical, social, financial and spiritual needs of individuals with in the community at large. Our main mission is to make sure that no child or family go hungry, or go without a place to sleep.

Although we are small organization, we do coordinate our activities with a variety of other governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Services: The Allison United Foundation offers a variety of programs, dealing with

• Housing--We provide listings of affordable housing
• Job opportuinties
• Job training
• Job placement
• Transportation to and from work
• Bank teller training
• Adult reading programs
• G.E.D (high school equivalency diploma)
• Food pantry

• First Impression clothes closet (clothes for job interviews)
• Entrepreneurship training
• Day care
• Health and fitness
• Fine arts

Austin People's Action Center

Address:
5125 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60651
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Telephone: (773) 921-2121

Mission:  To provide the resources necessary to make Austin residents self-sufficient in housing, health, and employment.

Services:

• WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) food aid. WIC food store on the premises.
• Nutrition program
• Housing program to help residents find affordable housing
• "Second Seed" housing program, designed to help people coming from a shelter find permanent housing
• Substance abuse referral service (referring clients to other substance abuse services)
• Job training
• GED (high school equivalency exam) course

Bethel New Life

Address:
4950 West Thomas
Chicago, IL 60651
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Phone: (773) 473-7870

Fax: (773) 473-7871

Web Site: www.bethelnewlife.org

Email: bethelnewlife@hotmail.com

Mission: Bethel New Life seeks to work in God's name for justice with compassion, creating a healthier, sustainable community.

Services:

• Affordable housing
• Senior housing
• Transitional housing
• Senior day services
• Day care
• Employment services
• Community organizing
• WIC
• Cultural and performing arts center

Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation

Address:
4345 West Division St.
Chicago IL, 60651
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Phone: (773) 252-3663

Mission: The Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation is dedicated to alleviating hunger in the Metropolitan Chicago area through distribution of quality food, education, job training, and advocacy.

Services:

Food distribution

• CAHF’S provides fresh fruits, vegetables, and high quality staple foods to 200 soup kitchens, shelters, and emergency food  pantries
• We collect and distribute thousands of food items throughout the year
• We serve an average of 150,000 hungry people each month, including 61,000 children and seniors, for a total of 3.6 million meals each year

• CAHF’S Training Institute presents educational opportunities for those on the front line. We offer classes in food handling and a sanitation certificate. In addition, CAHF sponsors a workshop and a special course on nutrition
• Oliver’s Kitchen is an innovative culinary training program that reaches out to homeless, welfare-to-work, and unemployed individuals. The program, which is accredited by the Illinoise State Board of education, teaches students the skills necessary to obtain a lifetime career in the food services industry
• We provide technical assistance to emergency food facilities, helping them to operate efficiently, fairly and compassionately.
• We publish a quarterly newsletter to keep the public informed of our work and hunger-related issues. We also publish a monthly newsletter with special information for our member agencies.

Advocacy

• CAHF tracks developments regarding nutrition and poverty issues and provides information on opportunities for action to our member agencies, supporters and the general public
• Among our advocacy programs, we monitor the effects of welfare reform and encourage member agencies to become voters registration sites
• We participate in alliances with the Illinois Hunger Coalition, Midwest Anti-Hunger Network, Work Welfare and Families, and others organizations focusing on hunger and public welfare issues.

Chicago Workforce Center Services for Job Seekers

Address:
Chicago Workforce Center - Northside
4740 N. Sheridan
773-334-4747
TTY: 773-334-9804
Orientation: 9:00am - Monday through Thursday

Chicago Workforce Center - Garfield
10 S. Kedzie
773-722-3885
Orientation: 9:00am – Monday through Thursday

Chicago Workforce Center - Pilsen
1657 S. Blue Island
312-243-5100
TTY: 312-738-0766
Orientation: 8:30am – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Chicago Workforce Center - Mid-South
715 E. 47th St.
773-538-5627
TTY: 773-538-8260
Orientation: 8:45am – Monday through Thursday

Chicago Workforce Center - Southwest
7500 S. Pulaski
773-884-7000
TTY: 773-884-0269
Orientation: 8:30am – Monday through Thursday

Hours: All Chicago Workforce Centers are open Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays. Orientation times for each Workforce Center are listed below. Please call ahead to confirm these times, as they are subject to change without advance notice.

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Mission: Chicago's five Workforce Centers and over 30 community-based affiliate organizations offer a range of services to help Chicagoans find and keep good-paying jobs. The Chicago Workforce Centers and affiliate organizations comprise the largest component of Mayor Daley's WorkNet Chicago, MOWD's citywide service delivery system of over 130 community-based and private organizations.

Services:

Core services available free to Chicagoans at Workforce Centers include:
• Computerized listings of local, state, and national job openings
• Seminars in resume writing, job search, and interviewing skills
• Free faxing, copying, telephone, and internet services for job searches
• Unemployment Insurance information
• Basic job skills courses, such as English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Veterans Services Job Seekers may also be eligible for skill development through local training providers certified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). Please visit their site to see a list of Certified Training Providers nearest you, then call your area Chicago Workforce Center for eligibility requirements and program availability.

F.A.I.T.H. Inc.

Address:
5437 W. Division
Chicago IL 60651
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Phone: (773) 378-0233

Fax: (773) 378-5035

Mission:  For Action In Togetherness Hold Fast (F.A.I.T.H) is a community-based organization comprised of concerned community residents, professionals, offenders and ex-offenders, who have come together, utilizing their gifts and talents, in assisting those just leaving the Illinois prison system to find their way though the difficult process of re-adapting to community life.  F.A.I.T.H., Inc. also endeavors to empower community members to work towards the prevention of their entry into the criminal justice system and in diminishing the overall spread of violence.

Services:

• Screening, testing, and referrals to job training centers
• Counseling and spiritual guidance
• Group counseling
• Transportation
• Pen-pal and emergency phone calls from inmates
• Visits to inmates for spiritual guidance and counseling
• Information and referral to other services
• Court, probation and legal advocacy services

Habilitative Systems, Inc.

Address:
118 North Central Ave.
Chicago, IL 60644
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Phone: (773) 261-2252

Fax: (773) 854-8300

Email:
General Information: hsi@habilitative.org
Employment: hrd@habilitative.org

Web Site: www.habilitative.org

Mission: HSI's mission is to be the premier behavioral health and human service organization, providing an array of responsive services, which promote consumer self-sufficiency.

The #1 goal of HSI is to support those who want assistance to move with dignity toward a level of functioning and self sufficiency that is consistent with their ability. The HSI Continuum of care solution represents a system of service delivery that is "seamless". It is designed to allow the fluid movement of clients through a comprehensive system of services provided by HSI.

Services:

• Comprehensive centralized level of care assessments, Life reorganization and self sufficiency evaluation
• Centralized intake which directs clients to and tracks them through the appropriate types and levels of service
• "One stop shopping" - Currently 67 programs and 75 service contracts that span the cycle of life and the spectrum of human service needs
• Comprehensive individualized case management and case coordination and supportive counseling throughout the continuum of care
• Regularly scheduled ongoing case review to insure clients needs are being addressed
• Simultaneous service delivery. Client can be involved in multiple services at the same time as determined by identified needs
• Utilization of comprehensive Management Information Systems to track client information and follow client's movement, progress through treatment and post-discharge data
• Comprehensive educational and vocational training services
• Comprehensive discharge planning
• Aftercare services and Follow-up services
• Service outcome evaluation
• Consumer satisfaction surveys

MAD DADS Chicago Chapter

"Men Against Destruction -- Defending Against Drugs and Social Disorder"

Address:
6110 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60639-3928
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Telephone: (773) 287-1960

Fax: (773) 287-1980

Email: Maddads-chi@msn.com

Web Page: www.Maddadschicago.org

Meetings:
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday at 6:00 PM
6110 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL

MAD DADS Inc. was founded in May 1989 in Omaha by a group of concerned African-American men, ordinary parents who were fed up with gang violence and the unmolested flow of illegal drugs in their community. Since then, MAD DADS has grown to more than 25,000 men nationally with over 40 Chapters in 14 states. The MAD DADS Chicago Chapter, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, was chartered in 1997. Our objective is to save our youth from guns, gangs and drugs in a non-traditional manner. We take our message directly to the streets. We are genuinely concerned about our youth and work diligently to eliminate the social disorders in our community.

Mission Statement:

The mission of MAD DADS is to bring about positive change. We seek out, encourage, motivate, and guide committed men in the struggle to save all children, all communities, and ourselves from the social ills that presently plague all neighborhoods.

MAD DADS employs strategies to engage men in the intervention and prevention of community problems, and is designed to attract, challenge, and prepare men to be vocal, visible, and vigilant in restoring safe communities.

Services:

• Being surrogate fathers and big brothers to Community youth
• Counseling and showing a genuine interest in youth
• Teaching youth to become responsible adults by example
• Tutoring and assisting youth in obtaining job training and employment
• Working with law enforcement agencies to make neighborhoods safe from criminal elements.
• Showing parental concern in the community to offer hope, and visible resistance to those elements that are destroying the social order within communities.
• Providing information and referral services to youth and families
  
  We also sponsor a Community Walk, where Mad Dads walk the community to discourage violence and drug dealing. Contact us for more information.
  

Reaching The Mark, Inc.

Address:
800 S. Cicero
Chicago, IL 60644
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Telephone: (773) 473-4530

Fax: (773) 626-4284

Mission: Our mission is to serve humanity by providing prevention, intervention, treatment and support programs aimed at improving the quality of life.  Reaching The Mark places special emphasis on the protection, development and nurturing of children and adolescents, the empowerment of the downtrodden and disadvantaged and the support and preservation of the family.

RTM serves approximately 650 clients on a daily basis and employs over 64 individuals.  RTM is licensed by the Illinois department of children and family services and is accredited by the Illinois council on accreditation (C.O.A).

Services:

• Traditional foster care
• Relative foster care
• Group home
• Home health care
• Employment training
• Community counseling

Shorebank Neighborhood Institute

Address:
5100 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60644
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Telephone: (773) 854-4360

Fax: (773) 854-4380

Mission: To increase opportunities in under-invested communities by focusing on employment, entrepreneurship and wealth creation.

Services:

• Loans--provided through our Austin Growth Fund
• Entrepreneurship--We develop entrepreneurs and provide support  through our Runners Club program
• Leadership and management of the Individual Development Accounts program in collaboration with South Shore Bank

Regular event: Studio Air, where community youth design, produce and sell T- shirts.

Sister House

Address:
851 North Leamington
Chicago, IL 60651
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Phone: (773) 626-0525

Fax: (773) 626-3708

Mission: Sister House is a faith-oriented community of women which offers a temporary home to women after incarceration or recovery from substance abuse. We provide a daily environment of peace, justice, and growth for spiritual maturity. The program empowers woman to participate constructively in society. Sister House requires accountability and encourages responsibility, while enabling residents to achieve creative independent living.

Services:

• Twelve-Step Program
• One-on-One Counseling
• Safe environment, hot meals, clothing, and individual rooms
• G.E.D. clases
• Job training
• Job placement

Westside Holistic Family Services

Address:
4909 W. Division
Chicago, IL 60651
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Telephone: (312) 921-8777

Mission: To strengthen the family and community through a Holistic approach which fosters physical, emotional, psychological, educational and spiritual well-being.

Services:

• Health care programs:
•  Prenatal care for parents
•  Care for parents of children under one year of age
•  Pregnant teen program
•  Prenatal information, child care information
• Adult education classes
• Counseling Service
• Health & support service for moms
• Job training & placement
• Parenting Service
• Support program for women
• Youth programs:
• Alternative high school
• Mentoring program

Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center (WYTEC) & Business Incubator

Address:
4213 West Madison
Chicago, Illinois 60624
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Phone: (773) 533-3500

Fax: (773) 533-3507

Mission: Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center (WYTEC) mission is to provide youth and young adults with entrepreneurial, technological training and development of social skills and knowledge will lead to self-sufficiency and empower communities as a whole to build better businesses and a capable workforce that can effectively compete in today's global market.

Programs:

Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O)

Leadership development class that focus on fundamentals of developing and operating a business. Participants learn how to apply the principles of entrepreneurship and complete a business plan. This class can be designed for youth as 8 years to mature adults.

Career & Etiquette

This program is designed for youth and adults. This six-week course will culminate with a fashion show that will give participants an opportunity to be (role) models. Each session will offer hands on activities that focus on social graces, poise, walking, skin-care, make-up and photography.

Special features of the program:

• Strong emphasis on use of technology and computers
• Mentoring
• Field experience
• Participation in bazaar/fashion show production
• All Participants complete portfolio---resume, employment application, & photos (Career & Etiquette program)
• Career assessment/inventory

Availability/Schedule

• After school/In-school, churches and organizations
• Workshop/conference presenter
• Summer program
• Weekends

Fees:

C.E.O class: $179.00. Cost includes textbook and materials.

Career & Etiquette: $95.00 plus $25.00 registration. This includes all class materials and photos.

Please note that field trips are not included in fees. Classes are starting soon! CALL (773) 533-3500 To reserve your seat!

Wilbur Wright College

Address:
4300 North Narragansett Ave.
Chicago, IL 60634
(near intersection of Austin Ave. and Addison)
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Telephone: (773) 777-7900

Web site: http://www.ccc.edu/wright/home.htm

Services:

• Continuing education
• English as a second language
• Adult education
• Career programs in accounting, technology/computers, criminal justice, medicine, management/marketing, and several other job fields.

Youth Service Project Inc.

Address:
3942 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60639
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Telephone: (773) 772-6270 ext. 113

Fax: (773) 772-8755

Web Site: www.youthserviceproject.org (under construction)

Email: renee_daye@hotmail.com

Mission: YSP is a workforce development program focusing on youth training and development. We offer both job training programs and traditional social service programs.

Services:

• Workforce Development Training
  
  • E-business program
  • Retail/customer service training
  • Computer technician training
  • Studio engineer program
  • Bank teller traning
  • Web developer training
  • Desktop publishing/graphic design training
• Social service programs
  • Substance abuse help
  • Youth/family counseling
  • Juvenile delinquency counseling
  • Life skills
  • Communication and development