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Business & Employment Services

For 12-Month Period Ending June, 2006
 
Job Listings: 85,027
The number of job listings entered into the Department's job bank system
 
Job Referrals: 600,620
The number of referrals made by agency staff to job listings posted with the Department  
 
Hires: 39,448
The number of hires that were the direct result of individuals being referred to a job listing by Department staff
 
Total Applicants Served: 284,615
Individuals who received job search assistance, were referred to a job listing or were hired
  • Veterans: 42,911
  • Disabled: 14,035
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
  • Dislocated Workers entering training under TAA: 716
  • New Oregonemployers certified under TAA:  29
  • Participants enrolled in training as of June, 2006:  880
For the 9 month period beginning October 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2006:
 
Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program
  • 3,154 WOTC certifications approved, resulting in up to$7,569,600 in federal tax credits for Oregon businesses
 

Child Care
Child Care Fast Facts
Children in care
Oregon children under the age of 13 (total) 580,000
Oregon children under the age of 13 in paid child care 205,000
Oregon children in licensed child care 90,000
Families with child care aged children using paid care 43%
 
Affordability of care
Mean $ per hour spent on child care $2.62
Mean $ per month families spend on child care $234
Families spending more than 1/10 of income on child care 30%
Mean # hours of care purchased each week per family 27
 
Availability of care
# of Certified child care Centers 980
# of Registered Family Child Care Homes 4,460
# of Certified Family Homes 270
# child care slots per 100 children 18
 
Child care safety
# of health and safety reviews in the past 12 months 3,400
# of complaints investigated 850
 
Child Care’s Impact on Oregon’s Economy
Generates more than $639 million in gross annual revenues
Employs at least 14,420 people in 7,900 small businesses
Supports the employment of more than 90,000 parents earning an estimated $2.6 billion annually.
 
Serves 123,000 children, representing 20% of all Oregon children under the age of 13.
 
Brings in more than $122 million of federal funds that support approximately 4,000 more Oregon jobs.
 
Purchases more than $256 million in goods and services from other Oregon industries annually.
 
Enables working parents to produce $3 billion in goods and services which are sold outside Oregon (exports).