Dancronin: There is a lot to look forward to in DuPage County in the area of workforce development. The strong direction of the Northern Business and Industrial Council will be enormously helpful. He says the county has a lot of work to do in the areas of education and training.
Dancronin: There is a lot to look forward to in DuPage County in the area of workforce development. The strong direction of the Northern Business and Industrial Council will be enormously helpful. He says the county has a lot of work to do in the areas of education and training.
Dancronin: There is a lot to look forward to in DuPage County in the area of workforce development. The strong direction of the Northern Business and Industrial Council will be enormously helpful. He says the county has a lot of work to do in the areas of education and training.
Points
prepared
for
DuPage
County
Chairman
Dan
Cronin
DuPage
United
Meeting
Faith
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
Glen
Ellyn
Tuesday
July
16,
2013
Introduction
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
We
enjoy
our
relationship
with
you,
Amy
Lawless,
as
well
as
Tom
Wendorf
and
Debbie
Fulks
and
all
of
your
members.
Its
great
to
see
all
of
you
here
tonight.
It
takes
all
of
us
working
together.
I
appreciate
members
of
our
team
being
here
tonight
as
well.
Mary
Beth
Marshall
is
the
Director
of
our
Work
Force
Investment
Board,
Greg
Bedalov,
president
of
Choose
DuPage
and
Sue
Clark,
director
of
WorkNet
DuPage,
who
unfortunately
had
a
prior
commitment
and
couldnt
join
us
tonight.
There
is
a
lot
to
look
forward
to
in
DuPage
County
in
the
area
of
workforce
development.
The
strong
direction
of
the
Northern
Business
and
Industrial
Council
or
(NORBIC),
under
the
expert
management
of
Pam
McDonough,
will
be
enormously
helpful
to
all
of
us.
Its
nice
to
see
Pam
tonight.
Thank
you
again,
for
all
that
you
do.
On
a
regional
basis,
we
are
grateful
for
the
partnership
we
have
with
College
of
DuPage
in
work
force
development
and
for
our
collaboration
with
Workforce
Investment
Boards
in
Will,
Kane,
Lake
and
McHenry
counties.
Worknet
DuPage
Residents
receive
a
voucher
to
pay
for
occupational
and
vocational
training
programs.
Worknet
DuPage
works
directly
with
manufacturers
to
provide
on-the-job
training.
Matches
are
coordinated
between
individuals
and
employers.
Please
learn
more
by
going
to
the
web
site
WorkNetDupage.org
or
follow
them
on
Twitter-
the
handle
is
@workNetDuPage.
Current
Efforts
In
addition
to
our
normal
programs,
we
are
happy
to
receive
a
$350,000
grant
from
the
State
of
Illinois
from
the
Department
of
Commerce
and
Economic
Opportunity
which
allows
us
to
hire
a
case
management
counselor,
create
internships,
and
provide
gas
cards
to
be
used
by
participants
for
travel
to
and
from
on-the-job-training.
There
is
a
Request
For
Proposals
or
(RFP)
out
right
now
for
the
training
portion
of
the
program.
Manufacturing
Leadership
Council
Going
forward
I
think
there
is
value
in
re-visiting
a
Manufacturing
Leadership
Council
that
would
serve
under
the
DuPage
Workforce
Investment
Board.
This
public-private
partnership
would
include
all
stakeholders
and
would
work
together
to
develop
plans,
policies,
and
programs.
I
hope
to
talk
more
with
you
about
this
possibility
and
making
it
a
reality.
Thank
you
again
for
inviting
me.
I
always
enjoy
working
with
DuPage
United
and
employers
in
DuPage
County
to
continue
building
upon
the
work
force
development
that
is
so
critical
to
the
future
of
our
county.