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ERIC Number: ED267862
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jan
Pages: 28
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Economic Development Grant Report, Fiscal Year 1985.
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
A profile is provided of community college business centers and their activities conducted under economic development grants during fiscal year (FY) 1985. Following introductory remarks, section I provides a narrative description of the FY 1985 economic development grant activities, including industrial attraction, retention and expansion, customized job training, entrepreneurship training, contract procurement assistance, small business incubators, and employment training and job search services. Section II contains statewide summary tables, while section III presents comprehensive tables showing detailed data for each of the 38 community college districts involved in the grant activities. Highlighted results include the following: (1) community colleges provided training for 900 companies through 1,500 courses, serving 22,000 employees and contributing to the creation and retention of nearly 3,000 jobs; (2) over 22,000 potential and current business people were served through entrepreneurship training; (3) over 2,200 businesses were assisted in seeking federal contracts, yielding $6.3 million in contracts; (4) nearly 7,000 persons received employment training services to improve their job skills and to assist them in seeking employment; (5) 15 community colleges helped establish or operate small business incubators; and (6) nearly all community college districts were involved in industrial retention, expansion, and attraction efforts, which resulted in the retention of 700 existing jobs and the creation of 3,300 new jobs. (LAL)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Illinois State Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Springfield.
Authoring Institution: Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A