Community Works

Community Works is a project that will administer $1.6 million collected in the next 5 years from a grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation, located in Elgin , Illinois . The project will focus on improvements in work force development/job growth, childcare, and land use/protection.

Work Force Development Initiative

This initiative is a 3-year demonstration project in which Champaign will receive a grant of $250,000 per year from the Grand Victoria Foundation in Elgin , IL . The initiative is intended to move low-wage/low-skilled incumbent workers closer to economic self-sufficiency, increase the community's ability to respond to the needs of the workers and to encourage further collaboration between community based organizations engaged in service delivery to these workers and their employees.

Illinois Facilities Fund

This fund aids in capital improvement programs for child care services. For more information, visit www.iff.org.