Community Outreach to Veterans

The Albany Park Community Center's Veterans Employment and Transition Services Department specializes in assisting veterans with employment and workforce development services. With four veterans on staff, the Albany Park Community Center's Veterans Program works to connect veterans with veteran-friendly employers, thus helping them to obtain sustainable employment while assisting with their transition from military to civilian life.

We are the State Headquarters of The American Legion. Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion was founded as a patriotic, mutual-help, war-time veterans organization. We are a community service organization which now numbers over 156,000 members in Illinois, in over 800 local Posts. These Posts are organized into Divisions, Districts and Counties. Each Division, District and County has officers who provide leadership in their respective areas.

IDES provides unemployment insurance (UI), employment services and guidance to workers, job seekers, and employers through a statewide network of IDES offices and Illinois workNet centers. The agency combines federally-funded job training programs in Illinois into a "workforce development" system where individuals can find a job or train for a new career.

IDES provides unemployment insurance (UI), employment services and guidance to workers, job seekers, and employers through a statewide network of IDES offices and Illinois workNet centers. The agency combines federally-funded job training programs in Illinois into a "workforce development" system where individuals can find a job or train for a new career.

IDES provides unemployment insurance (UI), employment services and guidance to workers, job seekers, and employers through a statewide network of IDES offices and Illinois workNet centers. The agency combines federally-funded job training programs in Illinois into a "workforce development" system where individuals can find a job or train for a new career.

For the last 10 years, Catholic Charities in our city has seen a significant increase of vets who come to us for help. We believe that those heroes who have given so much to our country deserve our support during their time of need. St. Leo is the first program of its kind and is a part of the solution to homelessness and poverty among veterans.

Mission: Assists veterans in finding and maintaining employment. Provides services such as job readiness training, resume writing assistance, mock interviews, and job placement counseling. A job readiness and referral counselor works with local businesses to screen applicants who might fill a variety of skill needs.

Our mission is to fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.

Our mission is to fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.

CVO—the Coalition of Veterans Organizations—exists to educate and serve as an information clearing house on veterans' issues. Our membership consists of active veterans' organizations all working to improve veterans' benefits through charity and public awareness.

The Veterans Assistance Commission promotes and protects the rights of veterans and their immediate family members through education, communications, and technology.

The Veterans Assistance Commission promotes and protects the rights of veterans and their immediate family members through education, communications, and technology.

The Veterans Assistance Commission promotes and protects the rights of veterans and their immediate family members through education, communications, and technology.

The Veterans Assistance Commission promotes and protects the rights of veterans and their immediate family members through education, communications, and technology.

The Veterans Assistance Commission promotes and protects the rights of veterans and their immediate family members through education, communications, and technology.

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.