Since 1986, KEB has helped develop and implement Illinois’ workforce development system under federal workforce laws. KEB currently serves as a core consulting team for implementing and operationalizing the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) in Illinois. KEB’s subject matter expertise, combined with our management consulting capabilities, enables us to act as a neutral convener of required partners in workforce, education, and economic development systems.

Our professionals work at the local, state, and federal levels, assuring compliance with government rules and regulations; assessing organizational structures and their effectiveness; building consensus and vision around needed improvements; implementing changes, providing training, and routinely measuring whether the changes are effective or require adjustment.

This includes:

  • Assuring compliance with government rules and regulations,
  • Assessing organizational structures and their effectiveness,
  • Building consensus and vision around improvements that need to be made, and
  • Implementing changes, including by providing training, and routinely measuring whether the changes are effective or need to be adjusted.

Specific services include:

  • Fiscal and Program Monitoring
  • Technical Assistance to High-Risk Grantees
  • Mergers and Reconfigurations of Local Workforce Investment Areas
  • Fiscal Management and Planning
  • Management Studies and Operational Reviews
  • Statewide Service Delivery Planning
  • Service Delivery Area Responsiveness Reviews
  • Strategic Planning for a Statewide Vision and for Local Workforce Centers