Statewide Workforce Integration and Resources

it is time to lay the foundation and prepare for the future of the workforce in Oregon.

how we fit

Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Development: Integrating Standards, Resources, and Collaborative Efforts Across Oregon

Regional Strategic Planning

Alignment

Implementation

Oregon Workforce Partnership

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The WorkSource Oregon Standards

how do we define the system?

WIOA calls for strengthening the alignment of core workforce programs by imposing unified strategic planning requirements, common performance accountability measures, and requirements governing the WorkSource Oregon system. Core programs that define the WorkSource Oregon system include (Links to more in-depth information and legal citations are included in the attached Appendix):

CIC Assessment

who is included?

Adult and dislocated worker

programs authorized by Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Youth

workforce programs authorized by Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker

programs authorized by Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Adult Education and Family Literacy Act

programs authorized by Title II of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Wagner-Peyser Act

Programs authorized by the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), as amended, including services provided by Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Grants (RESEA).

UI & SEDAF

Activities delivered in WorkSource Oregon facilities supported with additional funds from State Agency budgets, such as the HECC’s Workforce General Fund and programs authorized under ORS 657 – Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Supplemental Employment Department Administrative Fund (SEDAF).

Local Workforce Boards

Resources from Local Workforce Development Boards delivered through WorkSource Oregon, including local funding, private foundations, and grants.

Trade Adjustment Assistance

programs authorized by Title II of the federal Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.), as amended.

Veterans Services

Jobs for Veterans State Grants authorized by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5).

SNAP

Employment and Training programs authorized by sections 6(d)(4) and 6(o) of the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as amended.

TANF

Employment and training programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program authorized by Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended.

Vocational rehabilitation

programs authorized by the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended.

Senior Services

Senior Community Service Employment Program authorized by the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), as amended.

additional programs

Working together to fully coordinate and continuously improve the core WSO programs, resources and services is a fundamental shared goal of the WTDB and LWDBs. Opportunities to align and integrate additional programs and resources will be pursued as the WSO system evolves. Additional programs may include, but are not limited to:

Job Corps programs authorized by Title I of WIOA (as applicable by local area);
YouthBuild programs authorized by Title I of WIOA (as applicable by local area);
Native American Workforce programs authorized by Title I of WIOA (as applicable by local area);
Career and technical education programs at the postsecondary level authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.);
Employment and training activities carried out by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Programs authorized under sec. 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17532);
Apprenticeship and training programs authorized by ORS 660.002 to 660.220.

what else?

In 2014 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law. WIOA represented the most sweeping change to the Nation’s workforce development efforts in nearly 20 years. Among its many changes, WIOA charged the State Workforce Talent and Development Board (WTDB) and local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) to expand and coordinate Federal, State, and local workforce development resources and programs through an integrated workforce development system.

In June 2016, the Departments of Education and Labor issued the final regulations to implement WIOA. The regulations clarify the need and expectation to modernize the nation’s workforce system and represent a more integrated, job-driven approach to support communities and expand job growth.

The regulations reaffirm the role of the one-stop delivery system, known in Oregon as WorkSource Oregon, as the cornerstone of the public workforce development system and require core partners to collaborate to support a seamless customer-focused service delivery network. The goal is to build a comprehensive system that increases the long-term employment outcomes for all individuals seeking services.