Pre-apprenticeship programs in Illinois have enrolled over 5,800 participants since 2017, with women and minorities making up a disproportionately large share of enrollees Black apprentices have ...

(The Center Square) – Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced Monday that they awarded more than $17 million in state taxpayer funds to 39 ...

A pre-apprenticeship program at Bethel Family Resource Center in Chicago Heights offers an introduction to employment in 25 trades.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded more than $2 million to four pre-apprenticeship programs in Central ...

Women and people of color are now the two fastest-growing groups in Illinois’ construction workforce, a shift researchers link to investments in pre-apprenticeship programs. The findings come from a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Pritzker administration hopes to get more women and people of color working in the clean energy industry. Central Illinois is receiving a $4.7 million grant to launch a ...

Applications are now available for the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program for those looking to boost their resume before applying for an apprenticeship.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Several college students across the state will have a new way to learn about agriculture while getting their education—and it involves pigs. The Illinois Pork Producers ...