State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford hosted one of the Applicants’
Conferences/Resource Fairs, with more than 40 people in attendance, in
conjunction with Westside Health Authority on
Friday, January 22, 2010 for the
Employment Opportunities Grant Program (EOGP)
The goal of the EOGP is to increase
the number of people in historically underrepresented populations who enter
and complete building trades apprenticeship programs and achieve
journey-level status within building trades unions.
Award notifications were issued by 4-2-10
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discusses transportation and jobs
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September 17, 2009
We must
do more to safeguard the economic future of our nation.
Creating and keeping good jobs here in America will help
men and women provide for their families. Ensuring that
every American has decent health care and can retire
with dignity must be among our priorities. Every high
school student who wants to go to college should be able
to do so. Just as our parents did for us and their
parents did for them, we need to guarantee that our
children have better lives than we do.
Vision
Publicizing
job opportunities to community organizations and members
Sponsored
Job Forum with Illinois Department of Central Management
Services and 20 other participants, Purcell Hall March 7, 2008, with
more than 1500 persons participating
Expanding
job opportunities for non-violent ex-offenders
Sponsored the State
Employment Application Act, HB 95-1332 and HB 95-4612, which
provides that an application for State employment may not be
ask if the applicant had been convicted for a non-violent
criminal offense. Passed both House and the Senate,
vetoed by the Governor, no veto override.
Sponsored Career
Development Forum on March 6, 2009, at the Westside Learning
Center with more than 50 vendors and 600 job seekers.
Publicizing
job opportunities to community organizations and members