Economic Development

With the many philanthropic programs in Peoria to develop our city, Peoria Promise is the pipeline to provide the skilled workforce to serve these projects.

Peoria Promise provides students with 64 credit hours to be used over a 3 year period at Illinois Central College.

Students that graduate from ICC, 86% stay in the area.

What's New?

There is a change to this year’s scholarship: students will be eligible for a maximum of 12 hours per semester.  More information

Thank you to CityLink for the generous donation of 100 student passes to be given to Peoria Promise students each month on a first come first serve basis. 

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Do I Qualify?

Qualifications for Peoria Promise:

1.) City of Peoria resident.
2.) Attend (for at least 3 years) and graduate from a public school.

Please note that you can be a city of Peoria resident and attend IVC, Limestone, Dunlap, and Peoria Heights high schools.

For more information on qualifications

Results

Peoria Promise is supporting over 300 students this year!

A total of 242 students received assistance in 2008. 

During these difficult economic times and as students participation increases, we need your support now more than ever!

Make a difference in our community by donating to Peoria Promise.