VOUCHER ACTIVATION - IMPORTANT UPDATE

If you did not yet activate your vouchers, you may find them 'missing' and have received an email stating:

"Thank you for your interest in receiving computer training through the Elevate America Program. Our records indicate you have not yet activated your training vouchers. In an effort to ensure that vouchers are not lost by not being activated by October 31, 2009, the State of Illinois will be pre-activating training vouchers this week. It may appear that the vouchers have been removed from your Illinois workNet account; however, please be assured that the Elevate America team is committed to providing you with the training courses that you need. If you still wish to take the training, and we hope you do, please respond to this e-mail by November 13, 2009 and provide us with information regarding the courses that you would like to take (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access). Please also indicate if you need assistance in accessing the training courses or have any other questions."

Quite a few of you have called me asking what exactly the email means. I called the director of the program, and he assured me that you will still be able to access these Office courses, with vouchers. However, you need to send an email IMMEDIATELY to:

EAOffice2007@illinoisworknet.com

if you are interested in a training "course set" including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until November 13, 2009, or until all vouchers are used.

What this means is that you will have access to Business Worker voucher courses, but you may have to wait a couple of weeks to start. This does not apply to vouchers that have previously been activated. Those e-learning courses are there for you now, and you do have them for a year from the date you originally activated them. Please call me if there is any confusion, or if you need assistance with accessing the e-learning site.

Judith