Full Text of HR0723 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States of America has | 3 | | proposed budget cuts that would decrease funding to the | 4 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which | 5 | | supports workforce development activities, adult education and | 6 | | literacy, U.S. employment services, vocational services for | 7 | | disabled workers, and numerous other programs that invest in | 8 | | our workforce; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The WIOA has had a positive impact on the | 10 | | livelihoods of millions of Americans, having provided job | 11 | | training to 237,836 people nationwide in the midst of a global | 12 | | pandemic in program year 2020; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Throughout Illinois, the program has grown | 14 | | substantially in the last several years, having seen the | 15 | | number of local workforce innovation area incumbent worker | 16 | | training projects greatly increase from 64 to 378, the number | 17 | | of businesses utilizing incumbent worker training increase | 18 | | from 62 to 278, and an increase in the number of incumbent | 19 | | workers able to receive training from 125 to 4,228; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, These efforts and others like it have resulted in | 21 | | a statewide unemployment rate of only 5.1%; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Last year, the One-stop Operator in Champaign | 2 | | County, a single location where all four core programs of the | 3 | | WIOA are collocated, helped 362 visitors with resume, | 4 | | interview, career fair, application, employment workshop, and | 5 | | job search advice; it also connected 227 visitors to services, | 6 | | including rent assistance, GED classes, printing, veterans' | 7 | | services, and youth services; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Among those visitors, the East Central Illinois | 9 | | Workforce Board provided career coaching and supportive | 10 | | services to 262 low-income or skill-deficient adults as well | 11 | | as 163 youth with barriers to employment; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The WIOA gives preference to veterans, low-income | 13 | | individuals, individuals with disabilities, unhoused | 14 | | individuals, youth who have been in the foster care system, | 15 | | eligible migrants and seasonal farmworkers, single parents, | 16 | | and long-term unemployed individuals; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Unfortunately, the East Central Illinois | 18 | | Workforce Board was forced to turn away over 600 adults last | 19 | | year who wanted to receive job training but who could not be | 20 | | provided with services due to funding limitations; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Budget cuts like the ones proposed recently would | 22 | | make it even more difficult for organizations enacting the |
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| 1 | | provisions of the WIOA to render high-demand services to | 2 | | underserved and underutilized members of the community; | 3 | | therefore, be it | 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation | 7 | | that maintains funding for the Workforce Innovation and | 8 | | Opportunity Act (WIOA), and for President Joe Biden to sign | 9 | | that legislation into law; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 | | delivered to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, | 12 | | the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, and | 13 | | all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation. |
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