Office of Business & Workforce Diversity

The Office of Business & Workforce Diversity is responsible for overseeing the implementation of directives, policies and strategies for departmental business diversity efforts designed to support efficient operations and ultimately aimed toward achieving departmental goals and objectives. The Office directs the periodic reviews of departmental efforts for compliance with tenets of quality and underlying laws, regulations and policies governing these projects and programs resulting in policy changes. The Office promotes a climate of compliance with prevailing civil rights laws and minimizes departmental exposure to forfeiture of federal funds, litigation or administrative intervention.

• Mentor-Protégé Program
   

• Small Business Enterprises

  • Announcements/Conferences/Workshops

  • Contractor's Market Place

  • DBE Goal Documents

  • DBE Resource Centers

  • EEO Officers

  • FY 2010-2015 Proposed Highway Improvement Program

  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

  • Highway Construction Careers Training Program

  • Introduction to Small Business Enterprises

  • IL UCP DBE Certification Application

  • IL UCP DBE Directory

  • Illinois Procurement Bulletin

  • OBWD Diversity Newsletters

  • Proposed Improvements for Illinois Highways FY 2010

  • Small Business Enterprises Forms

  • Special Provisions

  • Supportive Services Assistance

  • U.S. Census Bureau / 2007 NAICS Codes

  • U.S. DOT's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Web Site

  • U.S. Small Business Administration’s Size Standards
     

• OBWD Announcements
   

  • National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse: The National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse website provides on-line training videos on how to better your business in English and Spanish for self pace learning; demographic information on gender, income, ethnic background, etc.; tools; templates, and a search engine for local and national information.