Future Ready Oregon Impacts and Outcomes

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. For more information on the grant-funded projects, consult the next section below. 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 Grant-funded Projects

The following tables provide project descriptions for Future Ready Oregon grant-funded programs administered by the HECC.

• Workforce Ready Sector-focused Grants in Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Technology (2024)
  
• Workforce Ready Innovation in Workforce Programs Grants (2023)
  
• Workforce Ready Capacity-building Grants (2022)
  
• Workforce Benefits Navigator Grants - coming soon!
  
• Prosperity 10,000 - coming soon! 
• Postsecondary Career Pathway Training Program Grants
  
• Credit for Prior Learning Grants
  

Future Ready Oregon Annual Reports

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

• Year Three Report
  
• Year Two Report
  
• Year One Report 
  

Future Ready Oregon One-pagers

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

• Workforce Ready Grant Investments in Semiconductor Workforce and Talent Development
• Oregon's Semiconductor Workforce: Harnessing Workforce Education and Training Investments to Prepare Oregonians for Equitable Prosperity
• Future Ready Oregon (Senate Bill 1545, 2022) 
  

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.

• Oregon behavioral health talent assessment. (Feb. 2025). Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP). Prepared for the HECC, this report identifies pathways for Oregonians to behavioral health careers, and evaluates barriers and opportunities for recruiting, training, and retaining a diverse behavioral health workforce. AHP also prepared a supplementary map of behavioral health career pathways in Oregon.
  
• Industry Consortia focus groups: summary report. (Dec. 2024). Jensen Strategies. Prepared for the Industry Consortia, this report summarizes the process, findings, and outcomes of focus groups held with healthcare, manufacturing, and technology industry employers across Oregon.
  
• Prosperity 10,000 WTDB report. (2024). Oregon Workforce Partnership. This report reviews the implementation of the Future Ready Oregon Prosperity 10,000 Program from July 2023 to June 2024 by Oregon's nine local workforce development boards, as represented by Oregon Workforce Partnership. A requirement of Senate Bill 1545 (2022), the report was submitted to the Workforce and Talent Development Board and the HECC. 
  
• Future Ready Oregon Industry Consortia success factor binder. (Mar. 2024). Woolsey Group and Sparks Policy Group. Prepared for the HECC, Workforce and Talent Development Board, and Industry Consortia, this document summarizes six recommendations for the Industry Consortia to follow in advancing Oregon's workforce development ecosystem and identifying workforce gaps and opportunities.
  
• 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 and 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.
• 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.
  

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