Public Accountability Report
| 2025 Illinois Works | |||||
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| Mission Statement | To administer a statewide initiative to increase the number of apprentices on state funded appropriated projects and to utilizes pre-apprentice programs and bid credit programs to assist in reducing barriers to public works employment in the trades for historically underrepresented populations. | ||||
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| Source of Funds | General Revenue Fund, Illinois Works Fund | Statutory Authority | 30 ILCS 559 | ||
| Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2025 Actual | Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected | Fiscal Year 2024 Actual | Fiscal Year 2023 Actual | |
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| Input Indicators | |||||
| Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) | $ 73,423.9 | $ 20,072.4 | $ 71,942.0 | $ 12,039.8 | $ 8,947.7 |
| Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) | $ 73,423.9 | $ 20,072.4 | $ 71,942.0 | $ 12,039.8 | $ 8,947.7 |
| Average monthly full-time equivalents | 32.0 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 |
| Output Indicators | |||||
| Applicants accepted into the Pre-Apprenticeship Program | 2,000 | 1,700 | 1,550 | 1,800 | 1,320 |
| Trainees graduated from the Pre-Apprenticeship Program | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,445 | 1,530 | 950.0 |
| Bid credits awarded to employers who hired graduates of the Pre-Apprenticeship Program (a) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,000 | 5,000 | 0.0 |
| Bid credits claimed by employers who hired graduates of the Pre-Apprenticeship Program (a) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 750.0 | 6,000 | 0.0 |
| Number of Pre-Apprenticeship Program graduates hired in industry after graduating from Program | 500.0 | 250.0 | 750.0 | 1,260 | 100.0 |
Footnotes
The program got started later than expected, so FY25 Actual and FY26 Target/ Projected data is unavailable.
