Education
Training Orientation for Careers in Manufacturing – Chicago
Greater West Town 500 N. Sacramento Boulevard, Chicago, IL, United StatesOrientation for Greater West Town's Skills Training Programs: Short-term, no-nonsense, technical, hands-on training at no cost for eligible low-income applicants. Both programs include job placement services, transportation assistance, and have a supportive learning environment. Come for a tour, question and answer session, and see the amazing value of this learning opportunity for awesome careers in: […]
Financial Empowerment – Session 5: Thinking like a Lender & Banking Services
1152 N. Christiana Avenue 1152 N. Christiana Avenue, ChicagoIn this installment of LUCHA’s Financial Empowerment Series participants will learn how to understand how lenders evaluate their clients based on their credit worthiness when they are deciding whether or not approve individuals for loans and mortgages. After this course participants should be able to explain how lenders and other financial institutions determine credit worthiness, […]
Learn A Language Series: Intro to SQL
8th Light 25 E. Washington, 5th FloorDescription: What is SQL? It’s information stored in a database’s widely-back software application that also manipulates & retrieves data. SQL (Structured Query Language) is designed to interact with the relational database systems efficiently. In this workshop, we will explore the fundamentals of the database systems, querying, and aggregation of the data. Many businesses use large, relational databases […]
Financial Empowerment – Session 6: Saving/Planning & Investment Strategies
1152 N. Christiana Avenue 1152 N. Christiana Avenue, ChicagoIn this installment of LUCHA’s Financial Empowerment Series participants will learn about compound interest, how to track spending, savings/shared accounts, the money market, certificates of deposits, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, and retirement plans. After this course participants should be able to understand the basics of investment strategies and their options for future savings plans.
Learn A Language Series: Intro to Python
Metis 1033 W. Van Buren St., 3rd Fl., Chicago, IL, United StatesThis Python workshop will start from the very basics, assuming that you’ve never coded before. We’ll begin by learning about what a coding language is, how we can interact with out computers using it, and how we can control our computers to do what we want. From there, we’ll work our way through the basics […]
Financial Empowerment – Session 7: Preserving Homeownership
1152 N. Christiana Avenue 1152 N. Christiana Avenue, ChicagoIn this installment of LUCHA’s Financial Empowerment Series participants will learn about the challenges of homeownership and how to preserve despite the high demands of maintaining your home as a habitable place to live and a sound investment. After this course participants should be able to develop strategies for addressing the challenges of homeownership and […]
Bankwork$ Financial Careers Training
Association House of Chicago 1116 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis is an 8 week training for low-income persons wishing to launch a career in the financial sector. The program is focused on developing customer service and sales skills, as well as knowledge of banking regulations, financial products and services, cash handling, mock interviewing and other related skills in order that the graduate is prepared to […]
BCE – Basic Computer Education
Association House of Chicago 1116 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, United StatesBCE is now 2 courses, with sections for beginners and intermediate learners. These programs will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays, with BCE 1 for beginners in the morning and BCE 2 for intermediate learners in the afternoon. See below download flyer for more details! BCE 1 (for beginners) Starts: July 16, 2018 Days: Monday & Wednesday […]
Microsoft Training & Job Placement Courses
Association House of Chicago 1116 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL, United StatesStudents learn key concepts in Word 2010, Excel 2010 and Google Drive. The course’ focus is providing a useful overview of these programs and also to enable the student to pass any pre-employment Microsoft test. Students will also work with our Workforce team in order to: Develop a professional resume Apply for positions and interview with Association […]
Financial Empowerment – Session 8: Consumer Rights & Credit Traps/ID Theft
1152 N. Christiana Avenue 1152 N. Christiana Avenue, ChicagoIn this installment of LUCHA’s Financial Empowerment Series participants will learn the in’s and out’s of their legal rights as homeowners, the schemes of financial predators, and what to look for when seeking to protect their investment and make sound financial decisions After this course participants should be able to detect a possible financial trap, […]