Everyone in recovery deserves a path to good work.
We connect Illinoisans in recovery, including those returning from incarceration, to jobs, training, and peer-support careers across the state.
Recovery. Employment. Opportunity.
The Illinois Recovery Workforce Network connects individuals in recovery to workforce resources, training opportunities, supportive employers, and career pathways across Illinois.
Led by CRCC in partnership with the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Board, the Network brings together employers, workforce partners, treatment providers, and community organizations to reduce employment barriers and support recovery-friendly workplaces.
Recovery
Support for the Recovery Community
Connect to resources, trainings, and workforce supports designed to help individuals in recovery build stability, confidence, and long-term success.
Employment
Pathways to Meaningful Work
Explore job opportunities, training programs, certification options, and career supports that help individuals prepare for and connect to employment across Illinois.
Opportunity
Partners Building Stronger Workplaces
The Network brings together employers, workforce partners, treatment providers, and community organizations to reduce barriers, support second-chance hiring, and strengthen recovery-friendly workplaces.
We close the recovery workforce gap.
Illinois faces a shortage of trained recovery-support workers at the same time many people in recovery struggle to find stable employment. We bridge both sides.
- Direct connections to felon-friendly employers
- Certification pathways for peer specialists
- Re-entry support that starts before release
