2. Welcome
Kristen Norvell
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Sarah Gustafson
Illinois Department of Employment Security
Lori Warren
American Job Center
Julie Gelaude
Black Hawk College
3. Rapid Response Goals
Support you through transitions
Inform of actions you can take and
eligible programs
Provide individual guidance to help
achieve your goals
4. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA)
Federally funded program administered by Illinois Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, serviced by Local Workforce
Innovation Areas (LWIAs)
• Paid through federal tax dollars
• Dislocated Worker Services – portion ofWIOA
• LWIAs provide the services at American Job Centers
5. DislocatedWorker Program
DislocatedWorkers are individuals who:
• Have been laid off, or terminated, or have received notice of layoff or
termination due to a plant closure or mass layoff,
• Are unemployed through no fault of their own, are eligible for or have
exhausted their unemployment compensation and are unlikely to return
to their previous occupation or industry,
• Were self-employed (including farmers, and ranchers) and are
unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in their
community, or
• Are displaced homemakers or those who have been dependent on
another’s salary but are now without.
6. Layoff Assistance Page
https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery
Your Layoff Assistance Page:
https://layoffs.illinoisworknet.com/JohnDeereSeeding
Resources include
• Questionnaire
• Guides to Unemployment Insurance
• UI – File a Claim
• Links to Resume Builders
• Virtual Job Fair platform
• Recording of Today’s Presentation*
8. American Job Center
500 42nd Street, Ste. 6,
2nd Floor
Rock Island, IL. 61201
Email: opportunity@americanjob.center
Phone: 309-788-7587
Individual Guidance and Support
Services include:
• Resume Development
• Skills Development
• Training Scholarships
• Labor Market Information
• Resource Room
• Supportive Services
• Job Search & Placement
Editor's Notes
Intro: Good Morning Everyone. Welcome to the rapid response workshop presented by your local workforce innovation area, DCEO and IDES.
WIOA does all things to help keep our workforce strong. Works with businesses and qualifying individuals
for Dislocated Workers we have a Layoff Assistance Page –this is set up for your layoff specifically. This page does a good job at creating a centralized place for all the different pieces you may need. We will be posting the slideshows from from today’s presentation to this website also. We strongly encourage if you could help to spread the word to your co-workers at Cottage to get to this resource page.
Illinois worknet is a web-based platform that supports all things WIOA, signing up for an account is required for starting with WIOA service. Signing up gives you access to even more tools that career counselors can help you through
