May 14, 2010
ARRA Implementation Spotlight: City of Chicago
Funds Two Green Workforce Training Programs with Stimulus Grants
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning examines the use of stimulus funds in the city, including a program run by Safer Foundation.
The City of Chicago is using a variety of stimulus and non-stimulus grants to fund two new green job programs: Community Green Jobs and Green Job Work Experience. Over the next two years, these two programs will provide more than 250 low-to-moderate income, under-employed individuals with community-based green jobs. These individuals will include the formerly incarcerated. "The City of Chicago is committed to improving our local environment and strives to be the greenest city in the nation," explained Sean Wiedel, assistant commissioner at the Chicago Department of Environment. "With these programs, we hope to begin addressing climate change while also creating jobs and boosting the local economy... Providing work experience and job training for hard-to-employ individuals, including the formerly incarcerated, is also a top priority of the City. In these difficult economic times, residents with criminal backgrounds are often among the last to find employment."
The City of Chicago is using a variety of stimulus and non-stimulus grants to fund two new green job programs: Community Green Jobs and Green Job Work Experience. Over the next two years, these two programs will provide more than 250 low-to-moderate income, under-employed individuals with community-based green jobs. These individuals will include the formerly incarcerated. "The City of Chicago is committed to improving our local environment and strives to be the greenest city in the nation," explained Sean Wiedel, assistant commissioner at the Chicago Department of Environment. "With these programs, we hope to begin addressing climate change while also creating jobs and boosting the local economy... Providing work experience and job training for hard-to-employ individuals, including the formerly incarcerated, is also a top priority of the City. In these difficult economic times, residents with criminal backgrounds are often among the last to find employment."
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