Illinois workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Illinois at a glance

• 4.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 112

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 19,974 workers

• 82

  American Job Centers

• 86

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Illinois layoff notice

Laid off in Illinois? How to file for unemployment in Illinois (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

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