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East Cascades Works warns of federal funding cuts, urges continued investment in workforce programs
Summary
Heather Fitts, executive director of East Cascades Works, told Bend advisory members that federal workforce funding has declined, key grant programs are expiring, and local workforce providers face a nearly $1 million shortfall for the coming fiscal year.
Heather Fitts, executive director of East Cascades Works, briefed the BDAP on the organization’s programs and funding on June 2, and urged continued local and state investment in workforce development as federal funding declines.
Fitts said East Cascades Works serves 10 counties east of the Cascade Range, is primarily federally funded, and has increased its annual budget from about $2.8 million roughly a decade ago to about $9 million today through additional funding streams. She described the organization’s youth and adult programs, including Youth Career Connect (internships), Youth Compass…
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