CAPCC & St. Mark

 

Chatham Avalon Park Community Council

&

St. Mark United Methodist Church

Hosts

" ENGAGE, EDUCATE & EMPOWER "

Community Forum

Poetry, Mini-Seminars, Open Mic Oratory

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS !!!!

Speakers: Rev. Dr. Jon McCoy, Mr. Norman Gonsoulin, Attorney Generals

Office, Roberta DePass, Ret. Police Officer, Mr. Mitchell Smith,

Branch Manager, Whitney Young Library, Eddie Jones, Allpoints Security,

Attorney Sandra Wortham, Chicago Police Department, Gregg Brown,

Sirrus Poetry, President Southside Federal Credit Union, Mr. Darryl

Shelton,

South Central Community Services.

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Place: St. Mark United Methodist Church

8441 South St. Lawrence Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60619

Time: 6:00 pm until 8:15 pm

Please join us, bring your family & friends !!

Refreshments will be served

" Addressing Quality of Life Issues Is What We Do"

Since 1955

www.chathamavalonparkcommunitycouncil.blogspot.com

Special Thanks to Rev. Dr. Jon McCoy & St. Mark Methodist Staff

1-866-272-1215

CAPCC

Clean and Green April 20th

Chicago Citywide Clean & Green Volunteer Clean-Up

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, you and community groups in your area can make an immediate difference in your neighborhood by volunteering your time and efforts to take part in Chicago’s Citywide Clean & Green Day.

For more than two decades Chicagoans like yourself have teamed up with community groups and the City of Chicago to help beautify your communities by cleaning up and recycling accumulated litter & trash. All you have to do is sign up and join us at a location close to you that could really use a good cleaning. The City will work with you and your community organization to provide use on that day of all the brooms, rakes, shovels and bags needed to get the job done.

Join us on April 20th and help make a big difference in your

neighborhood.

To register or for more information, call us at 3-1-1.

Registration Deadline is April 12, 2013

For information regarding Chicago Blue Cart and the Cart Return Program, go to:

chicagorecycles.org

City of Chicago

Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Charles L. Williams

CTA JOBS FOR EX OFFENDERS!!! FOR YOUR EMAIL EFFORTS OR FACEBOOK PAGE

CTA JOBS FOR EX OFFENDERS!!!

What is the CTA Apprenticeship Program?

The CTA Apprenticeship Program is a second chance initiative offered in conjunction with the City of Chicago and social service agencies throughout the city. Working closely with the Department of Family and Support Services, hard-to-place individuals are given an opportunity to obtain full-time employment and training which may enable a start of a long-term, meaningful career.

How do you apply?

Currently, there are two avenues to become a part of the CTA Apprenticeship Program.

• Individuals contact the following for application/intake:

• Westside Health Authority - Serving residents of the City of Chicago (North & West)
  773-664-0612
• Teamwork Englewood - Serving residents of the City of Chicago (South & East)
  773-488-6607

(The intake agency will take an application. The application then is sent to a Referring agency for follow up.)

• Individuals contact one of the 8 referring agencies directly:

• The Cara Program
• Career Advancement Network
• Haymarket Center
• Phalanx Family Services
• North Lawndale Employment Network
• St. Leonard's Ministries
• Safer Foundation
• Westside Health Authority (note WHA serves as an intake location and referring agency)

What are the eligibility requirements and qualifications?

• Job seekers interested in participating must:

• Reside within the City of Chicago
• Be over the age of 18
• Participate in 8-10 weeks of Job Readiness Training and obtain a certificate of completion from one of the 8 referring agencies.

• Apprentice participants that are referred are required to be released from the following:

• House Arrest (wearing metal band/bracelet)
• Drug/Alcohol Program (i.e. Methadone treatment)

Are there any restrictions as to the offense committed?

Yes. Only individuals who have committed non-sexual, non-violent & non-domestic criminal offenses are accepted into the program.

How many Apprentice positions are available?

• Up to 265 Apprentices may be employed by CTA in one calendar year. Start and end dates per Apprentice are on a rolling basis.

How long does the program last?

• Based on job performance and attendance, an Apprentice may serve in an apprenticeship for 9 to 21 months.

How much does the program pay?

• Apprentices are paid at a rate of $9.50 per hour and may work up to 40 hours per week. Pay checks are issued on a bi-weekly pay period.

• How is an Apprentice selected?

  As positions become available, CTA contacts the Referring agencies. Referring agencies recommend applicants who they have screened and who have successfully completed the agencies' job readiness program.

  Once the Referring agency recommends an applicant, what happens?

  • Applicants are fingerprinted for background processing.
  • Applicants complete a Medical review.

  If the applicant passes background and medical what are the next steps?

  • Orientation/Pre-Hire

  • Applicants attend a new employee orientation thoroughly outlining program guidelines, eligibility requirements, job functions, placements, and Union participation.
  • Completion of all hiring documentation and application inserts

  • Training

  • Participants are required to complete a (paid) safety training prior to reporting to their assigned work location.

  Once in the program, what are the expectations?

  • 30-day reviews are conducted throughout the duration by immediate supervisors within their assigned work location

  • The overall performance, attendance/tardiness of each apprentice is scored.

  • Supervisors and apprentice are required to review the scoring of the evaluations, solicit feedback, and address any questions or concerns
  • Agencies provide individual case management on each apprentice and maintain periodic contact.

  What happens when the Apprentice successfully completes an apprenticeship?

  • Apprentices in good standing receive a certificate of completion and letter of reference from CTA.
  • Providing there are not any additional arrests or convictions on the apprentice record, the apprentice is encouraged to apply for CTA vacancies.

  Who can you call if you have questions?

  If you still have questions about this program, you can contact :

  • Westside Health Authority - 773-664-0612
  • Teamwork Englewood - 773-488-6607
  • CTA Apprentice Hotline - 312-681-2293

  
  

  Angela S Young, MA, LPC
  Reentry Counselor
  LWCC Prison Ministry
  6266 W. North Ave
  Chicago, IL 60639
  773.622.5701 x14 (Office)
  773.622.5354 (Fax)
  ayoungnrinaustin@yahoo.com
  www.livingwd.org

  Mission:
  "To empower Believers, through teaching, preaching and demonstration of the uncompromised Word of God, to fulfill their highest calling, and to change this world through Jesus Christ"

  Embrace your child's inner hacker/maker/tinkerer/innovator/designer, and visit Tinkering Lab, the brand new exhibit at Chicago Children's Museum! It's real tools, real science and really for kids.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Brad O. Redrick,
  Chairman

CAPCC March 2013 Meeting Reminder

REMINDER

Chatham Avalon Park

Community Council General

Monthly Meeting Monday,

March 11, 2013

CHATHAM AVALON CHURCH

8601 SOUTH STATE STREET

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60619

6:30—8:15 p.m.

Please plan to attend.

What's hot? Urban Gardens - Learn more next Thursday!

Friends of the Parks' Walter Netsch Lecture

Explore the Growing Worlds of Urban Gardens and Farms

When Thursday March 14, 2013 from 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM CDT Thursday, March 14 12:15 pm Add to Calendar Where Chicago Cultural Center Chicago Cultural Center Claudia Cassidy Auditorium 78 E. Washington Driving Directions

Greetings! Erika Allen, Chicago and National Projects Director of Growing Power and Chicago Park District Commissioner, will talk about the new Chicago movement for planting edible gardens, hosting green outdoor markets and developing urban farms in vacant lost and in parks throughout the city. Get more information Register Now! Thank you for your attention and response. We look forward to seeing you. Sincerely, Friends of the Parks

CAPCC & WHITNEY YOUNG LIBRARY MARCH 2013

                           A CALL TO ACTION !!!

Chatham Avalon Park Community Council
&
Whitney Young Library
&
Our Community Stakeholders

Host A

Anti-Bullying Workshop
( Poetry, & Oratory Pieces)
will be entered into our Anti-Abuse Contest).

1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners will receive
their awards at the Monday, April 8, 2013
CAPCC Meeting.

As a part of our Anti-Abuse Intervention
Month Plan Series.
Let's Stand Up Against Bullying !!
Become part of the solution & not part of the part
of the solution.


Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013


Place: Whitney Young Library
7901 South King Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60619

Time: 4pm until 6pm


" Addressing Quality of Life Issues, Is What We Do"
since 1955

For more information, please call the CAPCC Office
at 1-866-272-1215.

www.chathamavalonparkcommunity council.blogspot.com

CAPCC   

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