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Oregon Cascades West COG director outlines partnership with Community Services Consortium and federal funding risks
Summary
The executive director of the Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments briefed Benton County commissioners on progress toward shared administration with Community Services Consortium, highlighted local utility and food assistance work, and warned of uncertainty in federal reauthorizations that fund senior, Head Start and workforce programs.
Ryan Voigt, executive director of the Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments (COG) and Community Services Consortium (CSC), told the Benton County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 that the two agencies are pursuing administrative integration to deliver services more efficiently while remaining legally separate.
The two organizations are sharing finance, payroll, human resources and information-technology systems, and they now co‑locate staff in Corvallis. Voigt said these steps are intended to let people access multiple services in a single location and to reduce duplication of administrative work.
Why it matters: both organizations rely heavily on federal funding to serve seniors, people with disabilities, low‑income households and workforce…
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