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• CJC has released an online directory of workforce related direct service and training providers in Cook County on the WIRE. Click here to view the directory.
  
  
• CJC's new on-line portal, the Workforce Information & Resource Exchange (WIRE), has gone live. Click here to visit the WIRE.
  
  
• The Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative released a new report, Building a Green Collar Workforce in Chicagoland. Click here to view the report.
  
  
• On November 9, 2009 CJC presented workforce development recommendations for the GO TO 2040 regional planning process. Click here for CJC's report and meeting materials.
  
  
• The updated Illinois’ Forgotten Middle Skill Jobs report calls for investment in workforce education and skills training. Click here to read the report.
  
  
• CJC is pleased to announce the release of our FY 2009 Annual Report. Click here to view the report as a PDF.
  
  
• Please visit the newest addition to our ARRA Resources page, which features websites devoted to monitoring the accountability and transparency of ARRA implementation.
  
  
• Raise a glass and help support CJC every Tuesday at Pops for Champagne. Click here for more information and to view the Toast on Tuesday press release.
  
  

• Illinois Works for the Future is proud to present its latest policy brief. Click here to download the brief.
  
  

• Click here to download "Illinois' Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs", a report from the Skills2Compete-Illinois campaign.
  
  
• In collaboration with workforce development providers, CJC has developed recommendations for WIA reauthorization. To access the full recommendation brief, click here. For a one-page document with our recommendation highlights, click here.