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Title:  

State Announces Start of LIHEAP Winter Energy Assistance Program

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 September 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced that seniors and people with disabilities can begin applying for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Under LIHEAP, utility bill payments are made on behalf of certain low-income households containing individuals with health risks. 
 Date Created:  09-08-2014 
 Agency ID:  1046**14 
 ISL ID:  000000053553   Original UID: 174844 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Announces Start of LIHEAP Winter Energy Assistance Program

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 September 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced that seniors and people with disabilities can begin applying for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Under LIHEAP, utility bill payments are made on behalf of certain low-income households containing individuals with health risks. 
 Date Created:  09-08-2014 
 Agency ID:  1047**14 
 ISL ID:  000000053554   Original UID: 174845 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Announces Start of LIHEAP Winter Energy Assistance Program

 
 Volume/Number:  2018 September 18 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press release: The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity's Office of Community Assistance announced today that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will begin scheduling appointments and accepting applications for winter heating assistance for seniors and people with disabilities beginning October 1, 2018. 
 Date Created:  09-18-2018 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000082766   Original UID: 195465 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Announces Start of Winter Energy Assistance Program

 
 Volume/Number:  2019 September 25 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press release: The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced that seniors and people with disabilities can begin applying for winter heating assistance on October 1st through the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). 
 Date Created:  09-25-2019 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000087383   Original UID: 198365 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Announces Trim Rite Expansion Creating 100 Jobs

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 October 4 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director Warren Ribley today announced that Trim-Rite Food Corporation, a meat processing company, will begin operating in East Central Illinois later this fall after finalizing their agreement to lease a former slaughtering facility in Rantoul. The move will create 100 new jobs and spur growth in East Central Illinois. 
 Date Created:  10 04 2010 
 Agency ID:  1204**10 
 ISL ID:  000000030907   Original UID: 14419 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Awarded $2 Million Federal Grant to Help Dislocated Workers in Southern Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2011 June 30 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  State officials today announced that Illinois has been awarded a $2 million federal grant by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to help workers who lost their jobs due to severe storms and flooding earlier this month in southern Illinois. The funding will provide dislocated workers in certain federal disaster-declared counties with temporary employment assisting in the clean-up and restoration of public properties in 21 impacted counties. 
 Date Created:  06 30 2011 
 Agency ID:  774**11 
 ISL ID:  000000036583   Original UID: 17680 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Awards $2.7 Million in Emergency Shelter Grants

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 December 16 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press Release: After a lengthy illness, Kimberly Hayes lost her job of 18 years. To support her young child, she decided to go back to school to become a medical assistant while working part-time. She successfully completed her medical assistants program and found a full-time job at a local doctors office. 
 Date Created:  12 16 2010 
 Agency ID:  1585**10 
 ISL ID:  000000031664   Original UID: 14680 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Awards $2.9 Million Grant to City of Ottawa

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 July 11 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  On behalf of Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught today joined Ottawa Mayor Robert Eschbach and other state and local officials to announce $2.9 million in federal funding for the city of Ottawa to acquire and demolish flood prone properties. The two projects, funded through the states IKE Disaster Recovery Program, will remove the old Central School and residential properties within The Flats from the floodplain, and supports efforts to restore the community and mitigate future flood damage. 
 Date Created:  07 11 2012 
 Agency ID:  764**12 
 ISL ID:  000000044505   Original UID: 24003 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Awards $4 Million Grant to RAVE

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 January 14 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced today the awarding of a $4 million grant to Rockford Area Venues and Entertainment (RAVE) for capital improvements at its entertainment venues. The funding will support a variety of renovation projects at the BMO Harris Bank Center, Davis Memorial Festival Park and the Coronado Performing Arts Center. 
 Date Created:  01 14 2013 
 Agency ID:  36**13 
 ISL ID:  000000046277   Original UID: 25820 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Begins Accepting Nominations for 2017 Governor's Export Awards

 
 Volume/Number:  2016 September 1 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press release: The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity's Office of Trade and Investment announced today that it will begin accepting nominations for the Governors Export Awards. 
 Date Created:  09-01-2016 
 Agency ID:  682**16 
 ISL ID:  000000076895   Original UID: 191866 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Commerce Director Announces Capital Funding for Second Round of Green Jobs Training Grants

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 January 10 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director Warren Ribley today announced $3,398,444 in capital funding to ten organizations that will train nearly 700 weatherization specialists across the state as part of the second phase of the Urban Weatherization Initiative (UWI). UWI is the nation's first state-funded weatherization program and one of the largest job creation initiatives to date for urban communities in Illinois. Governor Quinn kicked-off the first phase the multi-year green jobs training program last September by announcing the first round of funding for home energy audit training with national certification. 
 Date Created:  01 10 2012 
 Agency ID:  19**12 
 ISL ID:  000000040326   Original UID: 20750 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Commerce Director to Announce Training for Tomorrow Grants to Strengthen Job Skills in Vulnerable Urban Communities

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 December 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director Warren Ribley is the keynote speaker at the dedication ceremony for the Greater West Town Project's state-of-the-art Community Career Training and Economic Development Center. 
 Date Created:   
 Agency ID:  1551**10 
 ISL ID:  000000033687   Original UID: 15478 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Commerce Director to Highlight Job Search Tool During Visit to DuQuoin State Fair

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 August 30 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press Release: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Warren Ribley will visit the DuQuoin State Fair on Monday to highlight the states Illinois workNet system. 
 Date Created:  08 30 2010 
 Agency ID:  1029**10 
 ISL ID:  000000029438   Original UID: 13909 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Commerce Director to Highlight Job Search Tool During Visit to DuQuoin State Fair

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 August 27 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press Release: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Warren Ribley will visit the DuQuoin State Fair on Monday to highlight the states Illinois workNet system. 
 Date Created:  08 27 2010 
 Agency ID:  1024**10 
 ISL ID:  000000029443   Original UID: 13917 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Announces Heartland Dental Care to Expand Headquarters in Effingham

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 23 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught today joined Heartland Dental Care (HDC), a leading dental service organization, in announcing an expansion of its home office headquarters located in Effingham, Illinois. The expansion will add 40,000 square feet onto the current facility increasing the size of the office to 80,000 total square feet. The project will create 80 new, full-time jobs over the next two years, with the potential to create up to 175 new jobs over the next few years, and will retain nearly 200 jobs. 
 Date Created:  05 23 2012 
 Agency ID:  595**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043740   Original UID: 23247 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Meets with Local Business Leaders in Cahokia to Push for Solutions to Stabilize Medicaid and Pension Systems

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Cahokia today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at the St. Louis Downtown Airport Fire Station, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. 
 Date Created:  05 08 2012 
 Agency ID:  502**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043512   Original UID: 23033 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Meets with Local Business Leaders in Quincy to Push for Solutions to Stabilize Medicaid and Pension Systems

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Quincy today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at the Quincy Senior Center, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. 
 Date Created:  05 08 2012 
 Agency ID:  495**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043513   Original UID: 23034 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Meets with Local Business Leaders in Rockford to Push for Solutions to Stabilize Medicaid and Pension Systems

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 9 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in Rockford today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at Northern Illinois University Rockford, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. 
 Date Created:  05 09 2012 
 Agency ID:  508**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043520   Original UID: 23041 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Meets with Local Business Leaders in Southern Illinois to Push for Solutions to Stabilize Medicaid and Pension Systems

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 7 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in southern Illinois today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at the Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. 
 Date Created:  05 07 2012 
 Agency ID:  491**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043506   Original UID: 23028 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Economic Development Acting Director Meets with Local Business Leaders in the Quad Cities to Push for Solutions to Stabilize Medicaid and Pension Systems

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 May 9 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director David Vaught met with business leaders and local government officials in the Quad Cities today to push for solutions that stabilize and strengthen Illinois Medicaid and public pension systems this legislative session. During the discussion at Elliott Aviation in Milan, Vaught emphasized that these two fast-growing areas of state spending are on unsustainable paths, jeopardizing their existence, those who depend on them, and the states ability to fund core services like education and public safety. Inaction on these two critical issues creates an uncertainty for businesses assessing their long-term future and suppresses economic growth. 
 Date Created:  05 09 2012 
 Agency ID:  509**12 
 ISL ID:  000000043521   Original UID: 23042 FIRST WORD: State 
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