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DECATUR â Richland Community College has received a grant of $961,170 from the Illinois Community College Board to address education and employment gaps in the African-American community.
The grant is a portion of a total $18.7 million grant program the ICCB has provided to Illinois community colleges under the state s Workforce Equity Initiative.
Richlandâs EnRich Program has benefited from lllinoisâ Workforce Equity Initiative and connects individuals to employment and livable wages. EnRich completers are 64% minority, with 57% classified as African-American, 79% male and 43% African-American male. A total of 89% of EnRich participants who completed the program were hired by major local employers. Of those, 80% remain employed.