Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC)

Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC) was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit community development organization.

The Jane Addams Resource Corporation builds healthy communities through workforce, economic, and human development. It is rooted in the North Center, Lakeview, Lincoln Square, and Uptown neighborhoods of Chicago and serves the Chicagoland area through a strategic mix of industrial retention, training, and educational initiatives.

Our Mission

The Jane Addams Resource Corporation promotes strong communities, businesses and households to ensure that people who work do not live in poverty.
JARC provides high quality skills training and support services to help lower-income and unemployed workers achieve self-sufficiency.
JARC provides economic and workforce development services to businesses to improve their competitiveness.

View the JARC Service Standards