Mount Prospect project file
Hire or create apprenticeships
Align the job, participant, training plan, registered-apprenticeship structure, and approval timing before the hire begins.
Before you spend: Obtain workforce approval before the covered hire or training, and treat the apprenticeship credit as later tax recovery after DCEO certification.
Assistance layers
Mechanisms worth sorting for this project
These are supported relationships, not eligibility decisions. The Workbench asks the facts that change whether a lead is current, conditional, specialized, or historical.
Sequence 1
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership On-the-Job Training
An eligible employer may enter a case-managed training contract and receive partial reimbursement for an eligible new worker's on-the-job training.
- Mechanism
- Workforce reimbursement
- What it does
- Get workforce support
- Why it appears
- A qualifying new hire may be supported through case-managed wage or training-cost reimbursement.
- Administrator
- Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership network
Before you spend: Obtain Partnership approval and the employer agreement before hiring the participant or beginning reimbursable training.
- Program lifecycle
- Case-managed
- Visitor treatment
- Confirm this condition first
A case-managed administrator must confirm the current route and sequence.
Obtain OJT approval and an employer agreement before the hire or training
Date or rangeBefore the covered hire or reimbursable training begins
A hire or training that begins before the Partnership completes the required case-managed approval may not qualify for reimbursement.
Date last verified
Sequence 2
Illinois Apprenticeship Education Expense Tax Credit
An Illinois employer may seek DCEO certification for qualifying education expenses incurred for an eligible registered apprentice and then claim the credit on its Illinois income-tax return.
- Mechanism
- Tax credit
- What it does
- Recover value later
- Why it appears
- A qualifying registered apprentice may generate a later state education-expense tax credit.
- Administrator
- Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Confirm this condition first
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Apprenticeship credit covers tax years beginning on or before January 1, 2027
Date or rangeTax years beginning on or after 2020-01-01 and on or before 2027-01-01
A tax year beginning after January 1, 2027 is not eligible under the current statutory authorization unless a new law extends or replaces it.
Date last verified
Sequence 3
American Job Center in Wheeling
The Wheeling American Job Center can route nearby employers to recruitment, screening, On-the-Job Training, Incumbent Worker Training, and other workforce services.
- Mechanism
- Advising
- What it does
- Get workforce support
- Why it appears
- The nearby American Job Center can route employer recruiting, participant, OJT, and workforce questions.
- Administrator
- Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership network
- Program lifecycle
- Current / rolling
- Visitor treatment
- Worth checking now
This current pathway still requires program-specific eligibility and sequence checks.
Sequence 87
American Manufacturing Apprenticeship Incentive
A qualifying advanced manufacturer working through a registered apprenticeship sponsor or consortium may receive a funds-limited incentive for a qualifying new apprentice in an approved occupation.
- Mechanism
- Funds-limited employer incentive for each qualifying new advanced-manufacturing apprentice.
- What it does
- Get workforce support
- Why it appears
- An advanced manufacturer plans a qualifying new apprentice in an approved occupation through a registered sponsor or consortium.
- Administrator
- U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
Before you spend: Confirm the sponsor and incentive sequence before treating the hire as supported.
- Program lifecycle
- Specialized
- Visitor treatment
- Specialized possibility
This specialized pathway requires its stated purpose or industry fit before reliance.
Ask the administrator: Does this employer, occupation, sponsor, and new apprentice qualify while incentive funds remain?
Stop: this is not a current lead. Read every material date and consequence before opening the historical record.
WOTC expired for employees beginning work after December 31, 2025
Date or rangeEmployee begins work on or before 2025-12-31
A new 2026 hire is not a current WOTC lead unless a later law reauthorizes the credit; preserve only legacy start-date review.
Date last verified
Sequence 95
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
WOTC is expired for employees who begin work after December 31, 2025 unless a later law reauthorizes it.
- Mechanism
- Tax credit
- What it does
- Avoid a stale or misleading lead
- Why it appears
- WOTC remains visible in tax searches, but it is not a current lead for an employee who begins work in 2026.
- Administrator
- Internal Revenue Service
- Program lifecycle
- Closed / historical
- Visitor treatment
- Expired, closed, on hold, or historical
WOTC expired for employees beginning work after December 31, 2025