Workforce Challenge 2000 was developed by diverse sectors of Vermilion County, Illinois, to plan and implement a program to prepare and maintain a qualified, adaptable workforce for the county and the area served by Danville Area Community College. The program seeks to address the need to replace a large number of retiring workers in the next decade; to prepare workers and future workers for higher-tech, more complex jobs; to improve the education provided to local children; to provide unemployed adults with the skills necessary for work; and to help young people and their parents, teachers, and counselors to know that the Danville area will have jobs for them. To address these workforce development concerns, Workforce Challenge participants have established five goals: (1) conduct a community awareness program for the Workforce Challenge initiative; (2) assist educators to better prepare students to meet the workforce needs of the community; (3) increase the collaboration and investment between education and business and industry; (4) increase the involvement of parents in preparing their children for education and employment; and (5) increase the involvement of human service agencies in preparing their clients for education and employment. In 1992, the program was awarded Phillip Morris Corporation and Higher Education Cooperative Act grants. The early Workforce Challenge successes have been promising and include a number of activities designed to reshape the workforce in the Danville area. One successful component of the Workforce Challenge is a Tech Prep Youth Apprenticeship program, which includes a 2-year guided high school curriculum, 2 years at Danville Area Community College earning an associate of applied science degree, three summers (10 weeks) paid work experience while studying, and 2 years full-time employment at TEEPAK, Inc. A 1993 annual report, promotional materials and newsletters, and the text of a video presentation are included. (KP)