Recovery Workforce
Task Force

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Join Our Statewide Recovery Workforce Task Force! The goals of this Task Force are o establish and enhance employment-based recovery support services and address and remove barriers that bar individuals in recovery from gainful employment and increase access to workforce activities for the recovery community.

 

The Task Force will meet monthly (virtually and in-person) to:

• identify gaps in the workforce due to the prevalence of SUD;

• identify and develop business services and strategies that engage employers in workforce investment activities;

• enhance communication and collaboration within employers and the state and local workforce development boards for the benefit of recovering individuals;

• develop effective strategies to serve individuals with barriers to employment and coordinate programs and services among one-stop partners;

• develop community partnerships and facilitate employment and workforce training and placement for individuals in Illinois in from substance use disorder;

• recruit new and empower existing employers to participate and enhance One stop delivery system; and

• identify and provide activities to improve linkages between the one-stop delivery system and all employers in the state, and all other required activities outlined in the FOA.

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The Task Force will collaborate to identify employers interested in participating in quarterly virtual trainings aimed to enhance their ability to support their current employees in accessing resources and treatment for substance use disorder; develop recovery-friendly policies; develop a recovery-friendly culture; destigmatize addiction in the workplace; support efforts to develop solutions and retain their employees; and support efforts to hire people in recovery.

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ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87834045493?pwd=MlVoTk1rdlc4ZDRKSDBzOGVobFQwUT09

• Meeting ID: 878 3404 5493

• Passcode: 183958

• Dial In: 312-626-6799

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2023 MEETING DATES:

The ROSC Council meets on the 2nd Wednesday of  every month at 2pm.

​JAN 11
FEB 8
MAR 8
APR 12
MAY 10
JUN 14
JUL 12

AUG 9
SEP 13
OCT 11
NOV 8
DEC 13

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ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION:

 

Meeting ID: 878 3404 5493
Passcode: 183958
Dial In: 312-626-6799