Illinois professionals can now renew their licenses online

By Amy Korte

04/13/2016

Switching to an electronic system from a paper-based licensing program is expected to save taxpayers millions of dollars over the next few years – as well as provide better and faster service for the state’s licensed professionals.

TAGS: jobs, occupational licensing

Illinois to allow trained ex-offenders to apply for barbering and cosmetology licenses before they leave prison

By Bryant Jackson-Green

04/12/2016

By allowing offenders to submit applications for barbering licenses within six months before release from prison, Illinois will reduce wait times for licensing – and reduce the likelihood those ex-offenders will return to crime. But more reforms are needed.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, occupational licensing

Illinois bill would start removing occupational-licensing barriers for ex-offenders

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/17/2016

HB 5973 would remove significant occupational-licensing barriers that make it harder for former offenders to support themselves and their families.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, occupational licensing

Colors Training at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services

01/31/2010

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services employees had colors training in 2005.

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

View Report

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Illinois professionals can now renew their licenses online

Illinois to allow trained ex-offenders to apply for barbering and cosmetology licenses before they leave prison

Illinois bill would start removing occupational-licensing barriers for ex-offenders

Colors Training at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Report Archive

Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students