Future Ready Oregon Impacts and Outcomes

Future Ready Oregon aims to strengthen Oregon’s economic competitiveness, advance a more equitable workforce system, and increase economic prosperity for all Oregonians. Learn more on this webpage about the efforts of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to fulfill these goals.

Future Ready Oregon Map

Future Ready Oregon grants support workforce development initiatives across the state. Select one of the areas below to see organizations in that area that have received Future Ready Oregon funding. This map is organized by Oregon’s nine Local Workforce Areas. Learn more about the Local Workforce Areas and each area’s Local Workforce Development Board here. 

Future Ready Oregon Annual Reports

Future Ready Oregon Annual Reports are prepared by the HECC Office of Research and Data.

• Year One Report
• Year Two Report
  

Future Ready Oregon One-Pagers

Future Ready Oregon one-pagers are prepared by the HECC. 

• Future Ready Oregon
  
• Oregon's Semiconductor Workforce: Harnessing Workforce Education and Training Investments to Prepare Oregonians for Equitable Prosperity
  
• Workforce Ready Grant Investments in Semiconductor Workforce and Talent Development
  

Partner and Grantee Reports

The following reports are prepared by the HECC's Future Ready Oregon grantees and partners. These organizations are external to the HECC.

• Allgeyer, R., & Schoenthal, D. (2023). Barriers to nursing workforce retention and attraction in rural areas. Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN). This research brief was prepared with the support of a 2022 Workforce Ready Grant awarded to OCN by the HECC.
• Bui, A., & Majuri, J. (2023). Future Ready Oregon: Workforce Ready report – workforce needs of immigrants and refugees in Oregon. Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO). This report summarizes the implementation of a 2022 Workforce Ready Grant awarded to IRCO by the HECC.
• Prosperity 10,000 WTDB report. (2023). Oregon Workforce Partnership. This report reviews the implementation of the Future Ready Oregon Prosperity 10,000 Program from July 2022 to June 2023 by Oregon's nine local workforce development boards, as represented by Oregon Workforce Partnership (OWP). A requirement of Senate Bill 1545 (2022), the report was submitted to the Workforce and Talent Development Board (WTDB) and the HECC. 
  

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