Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

RPC Staff Help Area High School Students Say “YES” to Summer Employment

Summer is here and that means employment opportunities for local high school students. Members of the RPC’s Human Resources team assisted over 100 students in the Youth Employment Services (YES) Program during new hire orientations at Champaign’s Centennial High School.

Let Us Know Your Thoughts on RPC Programs at Upcoming Public Meetings

The RPC wants to hear from you! Join us at our upcoming public meetings in Ludlow, Champaign, and Urbana to let us know how RPC programs could be beneficial in addressing community needs.

Champaign Woman to Be Honored at Annual Conference in Springfield

Brittany Bailey will be celebrated for her pursuit of self-sufficiency after being named as the RPC’s 2018 Families of Distinction awardee.

Urbana Head Start Receives ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality Designation

Urbana Head Start has received the Gold Circle of Quality designation from ExceleRate Illinois, the state's new quality recognition and improvement system for early learning and development providers.

Susana Mendoza, Carol Ammons, and Scott Bennett Visit Urbana Head Start

We were honored to welcome Illinois State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza, State Representative Carol Ammons, and State Senator Scott Bennett to our Urbana Head Start facility on Monday, March 12.

RPC Partners with Carle to Recruit Candidates for Unique Jobs Program

The eight-week paid program combines classroom work and on-the-job training to help participants develop full-time employment and growth opportunities with Carle.

RPC’s Dalitso Sulamoyo Honors Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Prayer Breakfast

Benedictine University celebrated the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King during its 23rd annual prayer breakfast that featured former Benedictine student and RPC CEO Dalitso Sulamoyo as the keynote speaker.

RPC Wins National Award for Fourth Time Since 2005

The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations presented the award for Outstanding Overall Achievement for a Non-TMA MPO to the Champaign Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS) for its Sidewalk Network Inventory and Assessment.

U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis Visits Urbana Head Start

Head Start welcomed U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis to its Urbana facility in October. Davis toured the facility and met with staff, parents, and children.

This Program Year’s LIHEAP Program Ends on May 31, 2018

The RPC will operate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for winter heating assistance from October 1, 2017, to May 31, 2018, or until funds are exhausted.