Workforce Recovery Grants

Illinois to invest more than $40 million in workforce training; funding to target areas hardest hit by pandemic, at-risk youth

September 24, 2021 | By PETER HANCOCK, Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday the state will award more than $40 million in workforce training grants, focusing on communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and youth who are particularly at risk of violence. That includes $40 million in Workforce Recovery Grants that will go out in two phases over the next…