Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) seeks to contract for facilities for our ISACorps counselor training to be held for 5 weeks during the Summer of 2024 through and including Summer 2028. Accommodations include housing, food services and training facilities for approximately 100 - 115 people. The accommodations must be within 50 miles of driving distance of Deerfield, Illinois. The objectives of the ISACorps program are to raise college awareness, increase the number of underrepresented students planning, preparing, and applying to college, and to raise Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates. These facilities are required in order to conduct training for new and returning community workers. This extensive training covers a variety of topics including, but not limited to: community organizing; academic barriers to postsecondary education; financial barriers to postsecondary education; social barriers to postsecondary education; counseling and mentoring skills; college access marketing; and professional and public speaking skills. Because of this training, our community workers will be prepared to assist first generation students pursue a higher education in support of the State’s goal to increase the number of adults who attain a quality post-secondary credential.