Chicagoland Provider Leadership Network (CPLN)

Why Join CPLN?

Connect to disability/employment related news, job leads, best practices and networking opportunities to expand your placement of job seekers with disabilities.
CPLN has over 500 professional members from over 250 organizations.
Disability/employment and training service providers who become active in CPLN can gain access to many business relationships that have developed through unprecedented partnerships among the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. Many for-profit and nonprofit entities are being networked in through disabilityworks.
CPLN members have pre-screening procedures built in to promote job seekers who are job-ready. This involves many job placement professionals who provide valuable services to businesses looking for qualified workers with disabilities.

What Does CPLN Do?

Enhances the provider's capacity to deliver services to their target populations for job placement, training, and educational opportunities for people with disabilities.

Who Should Join CPLN?

Service Providers who deliver employment related services to people with disabilities in Illinois

Includes providers of job placement, job readiness, job training, high school or postsecondary education, disability/employment advocacy, and independent living skills.
Includes providers who serve people with disabilities as their target population, as well as providers who serve a broader population that is inclusive to people with disabilities.

Does It Cost Money to Join CPLN?

No. CPLN membership is free with the understanding that networking and sharing information can only enhance the services you already provide to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
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Benefits of CPLN Include...

Free listing in the online disabilityworks Provider Database for Illinois organizations who help people with disabilities find jobs or train for jobs
Email alerts of job leads and disability/employment related news for providers
disabilityworks Job Developer Network as a demand driven job match network, meeting monthly in Chicago
Collaboration with postsecondary and secondary educational institutions
Coordination with the Chicagoland Business Leadership Network (CBLN)
Coordination with the Illinois workNet Centers and Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital/AbilityLinks as an online resume/job posting location

Actionable News & Leads for CPLN Members

CPLN members who register online to receive disability/employment related news and/or job leads gain access to actionable information emailed directly to them as it becomes available. If you learn of disability/employment related news, particularly job leads, job fairs, job trainings, staff trainings or relevant events in the northeast region of Illinois, then email details to CPLN.
Many individuals, employers, and service providers submit valuable information for email distribution.

CPLN is committed to helping service providers link people with disabilities to economic opportunities in Illinois. Contact CPLN