The WTDB’s CIC, acting by and through HECC’s Office of Workforce Investments, is seeking a firm to conduct a biennial comprehensive assessment of the WSO system as outlined in Senate Bill 623, 2021. As described in the Bill, the “comprehensive assessment shall include a review of the workforce programs and services administered by the following entities through the public workforce system.” The entities are those Oregon agencies and organizations who are identified in WIOA as partners in the One-Stop Delivery System (WIOA, Section 121):
a. Higher Education Coordinating Commission;
b. Local workforce development boards;
c. Employment Department;
d. Commission for the Blind;
e. Department of Human Services, including Oregon Department of Self Sufficiency and Vocational Rehabilitation Program;
f. Housing and Community Services Department; and
g. Other entities deemed appropriate by the CIC.
The comprehensive assessment shall include a review of the workforce programs and services administered by the following entities through the public workforce system:
a. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission;
b. Local workforce development boards;
c. The Oregon Employment Department;
d. The Oregon Commission for the Blind;
e. The Oregon Department of Human Services, including Oregon Department of Self Sufficiency and Vocational Rehabilitation Program;
f. The Oregon Housing and Community Services Department; and
g. Any other entities deemed appropriate by the CIC.