Illinois workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Illinois at a glance

• 4.9%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 112

  WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 19,800 workers

• 82

  American Job Centers

• 86

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Illinois layoff notice

Workforce boards

• Career Link

  Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford

• Du Page County Workforce Innovation Board

  Du Page

• East Central Illinois Workforce Board

  Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Piatt

• Grundy Livingston Kankakee Workforce Board

  Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston

• Kane, Kendal & DeKalb County Workforce Development Board

  De Kalb, Kane, Kendall

• Lake County Workforce Development Board

  Lake

• Land of Lincoln Workforce Alliance Illinois workNet Center

  Cass, Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon

• Local Workforce Innovation Board 23

  Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland

• LWIA 7

  Cook; City: Chicago

• Macon-Dewitt Workforce Investment Board

  De Witt, Macon

• Madison - Bond - Jersey- Calhoun Workforce Innovation Board

  Bond, Calhoun, Jersey, Madison

• McHenry County Workforce Network Board

  McHenry

• Mid America Workforce Investment Board

  Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington

• NCI Works

  Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside

• Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board

  Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White

• Southern Illinois Workforce Development Board

  Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson

• The Workforce Connection Inc.

  Boone, Stephenson, Winnebago

• Two Rivers Regional Council

  Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, Warren

• Vermillion County Workforce Investment Board

  Vermilion

• West Central Development Council, Inc.

  Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Scott, Shelby

• Workforce Development Board of Rock Island, Henry and Mercer Counties, Not-for-Profit Corporation

  Henry, Mercer, Rock Island

• Workforce Investment Board of Will County

  Will

American Job Centers