The Illinois Workforce Investment Board (IWIB) functions as the State advisory board pertaining to workforce preparation policy. The IWIB ensures that Illinois' workforce preparation services and programs are coordinated and integrated; and measures and evaluates the overall performance and results of these programs. The Board is also charged with furthering cooperation between government and the private sector to meet the workforce preparation needs of Illinois' employers and workers.

Each Local Workforce Investment Area has a Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) composed of representatives of business who make up the majority of the Board, as well as representatives of local educational entities, labor organizations, community-based organizations, enonomic development and Illinois workNet partners. The LWIB help to set policies that will help bring together the three key pieces to successful local communities. Those three pieces are: education, employment, and the economy.

LWIB Orientation Program Videos and Glossary: designed for Local Workforce Investment Board members or others who are interested in having an understanding of the workforce system in Illinois, and as an orientation to the role that local workforce investment board members serve in the system.