About Year Up
Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique
combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate apprenticeship.

Success of their graduates -- enabling them to move on to full-time employment and higher education.
Year Up is about providing opportunities for urban young adults to demonstrate their true potential.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

NOW accepting APPLICATIONS for the September 2011 class.  If you are interested, please fill out our student interest form.

From Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s Office:

Summer internship program to expose exceptional students to the daily operations of the state treasurer’s office being offered June 1 through August 31, 2011. Interns will have the opportunity to work in a specialized area that reflects their academic study with responsibilities ranging from basic administrative functions to specific department projects. Compensation is the rate of $9.50 per hour, and applications will be accepted through May 6, 2011.

Senator Hunter will serve on a hearing panel of national, state and local public officials sponsored by the Chicago Urban League, the Illinois State Council on Re-Enrolling Students Who Have Dropped Out of School, and the Alternative Schools Network at a Chicago Youth Hearing on Summer Jobs & Justice to examine ways to address the youth joblessness crisis.

Senator Hunter is partnering with the Cook County Board of Review and other fellow elected officials who represent Hyde Park Township to co-sponsor a property tax assessment appeal forum. This event is one of several in Cook County.  If you'd like to learn more about filing a property tax assessment appeal between between April 18 and May 17, please join us at one of the outreach forums.

To see if a forum is scheduled near you or for more information, please click here.