National Able Network, Inc. is a leading non-profit organization specializing in providing employment counseling, training, and placement services for disadvantaged job seekers. At National Able Network, our mission is to help make careers happen. Each client receives personalized career supports that integrate career coaching, specialized training, and direct connections to the job market. Our programs are designed to assist job seekers from all backgrounds, including the unemployed, career changers, military veterans, seniors, and aspiring IT professionals. Each year, National Able Network serves more than 76,000 individuals throughout Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska. KEY STATISTICS _ 76,000 job seekers receive assistance from National Able Network each year _ Clients received an average 19% average increase in annual wages _ 85% of clients enrolled in our programs gain employment _ On average, our clients gain employment within just 17 weeks. (Nationally, more than half of unemployed job seekers have been looking for work for 52 weeks or longer.) _ 1,500 Seniors provide more than 800,000 working hours at hundreds of community-based organizations in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska each year _ We help between 300-400 job seekers each day at our Chicago Workforce Center, the largest and most comprehensive facility in Illinois _ 500 Military Veterans receive civilian career transition services through our Veterans Forward! programming each year _ For every $1 invested in our clients, $5.95 is contributed back into the local economy _ Approximately 30% of our students enrolled in IT Career Lab are military veterans (IT Career Lab is GI Bill approved)