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tryan@worksystems.org.
  • Second Round of Layoff Aversion Funds to Support Regional CBOs During COVID-19 Crisis
    Date posted:
    April 13th, 2020
    We are pleased to announce that we have funded another round of layoff aversion grants to community-based organizations located in Multnomah and Washington counties. We have now provided a total of $430,000 in critical financial support to non-profits in our area so they can continue to operate during the COVID-19 crisis. Round 2 Grantees: Business for a Better Portland Cascade Aids Project Division Midway Alliance Friendly House Friends of Trees Growing Gardens Impact NW Kairos PDX NW Pilot Project Portland Harbor Community Coalition Rockwood CDC Sabin CDC Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation of...// Read more
  • Worksystems Partners with Comcast to Keep Vulnerable Populations Connected
    Date posted:
    April 3rd, 2020
    Through a partnership with Comcast Oregon/SW Washington, Worksystems has purchased and distributed nearly 400 laptop computers and 6 months of pre-paid internet access to low-income job seekers through Comcast’s Internet Essentials program. The computers were distributed to the following partners in our service provider network who provided them to job seekers in need: Black Parent Initiative Central City Concern Centro Cultural Community Action Constructing Hope Hillsboro School District Home Forward Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) Latino Network Mt Hood Community...// Read more
  • COVID Response (Continually Updated)
    Date posted:
    March 25th, 2020
    These are unprecedented and incredibly fluid times. To be responsive during the COVID-19 crisis, Worksystems developed a Crisis Response and Recovery Framework to help guide our thinking and activities as we work with partners to address the current crisis and associated economic fallout. This Framework includes the following principles that will guide our investments & activities: Prioritize support to the most vulnerable, applying a racial equity lens Prioritize support to community-based partners Leverage and build on existing networks and assets Engage, listen and act quickly...// Read more
  • Worksystems Crisis Response and Recovery Framework
    Date posted:
    March 23rd, 2020
    I hope you are well. As the Workforce Development Board we are counted on to serve the region’s job seekers, workers and businesses. Given these unprecedented times, we have done some thinking and reorganizing to make sure we’re providing maximum value to our partners and community. The document below provides a broad overview of where we landed and how we’re focusing our work for the moment and foreseeable future. Behind each slide is additional detail to make sure the Worksystems team is all rowing in the same direction. Like all of you, we are learning on the fly and are adapting and...// Read more