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Cook County committee backs two-year support for Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, asks for job-placement metrics
Summary
The Workforce Housing and Community Development Committee approved a two-year funding agreement supporting the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance (with Forefront as fiscal agent) and asked county staff and partners to return with measurable outcomes — including actual hires and retention data — and a list of partner schools.
The Workforce Housing and Community Development Committee approved a resolution of support for the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance (CWFA) on a voice vote after hearing staff describe how the county’s two-year funding will be used to advise county workforce strategy, expand careerpathways.net into suburban Cook County and support an annual regional workforce symposium.
Committee members pressed for accountability and specific deliverables. Commissioner Stamps said she wanted proof that job fairs and similar convenings produce hires and asked for demographic and barrier analyses to ensure county funding benefits the intended populations. "What I wanna see is how all of this planning and all of this intention is actually resulting in people being hired," Stamps said, and she asked for follow-up data on retention and…
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