Kevin Jackson, Executive Director of the Chicago Rehab Network (CRN), is joining the Voorhees Center as our first Janet L. Smith Practitioner in Residence!
The Voorhees Center’s newest report, Green Economy Occupations in the Chicago Region, is an overview of occupations in the Green Economy that synthesizes ONET occupational data to provide employment, Job Zone, technology, certification,…
Sean Connelly and Milo Shapey|Posted on August 30, 2022
Our study and resource on the green economy workforce provides the necessary complement to the clean energy report by looking at the workforce needed to fill tomorrow’s Green Economy jobs: What do these jobs entail? What preparation is needed?
Did you know architectural services is one of the strongest, sectors in Chicago's green economy? We created an interactive bubble chart that lets you explore the Chicago Metropolitan Area’s (MSA’s) green economy industries and their evolution.
Significant portions of the United States economy are shifting away from carbon-intensive, fossil fuel-driven activities, and moving toward a Green Economy defined by cleaner, more efficient, and higher-output practices. The Chicago Metropolitan Area…
The growing green economy requires a new set of digital skills, but digitization of the workforce is not spread evenly across race, gender, and class. Voorhees identifies subsets of digital skills and will work with partners to address the gap.
Using newly released 2020 Census Data, we find that housing affordability pressures in Chicago have continued to affect low-income households disproportionately, leading to out-migration of vulnerable residents as they seek more affordable housing
On September 15, 2021, J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), which aims to make Illinois the first Midwest state to require 100% carbon-free energy by 2045. Discover the actions that will make this happen.
With federal and state eviction moratoriums coming to an end, evictions are a central issue in community planning today. Find out what is being done to protect groups most at risk.
