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Prosperity 10,000 presenters tell Senate committee program stabilizes workers, cites strong early ROI
Summary
Presenters for LC 130 told the Senate Commerce and General Government Committee that Prosperity 10,000—funded initially at $35 million—has served about 9,000 Oregonians and delivered measured gains in completion and employment while allowing flexible local supports to stabilize participants for training.
Prosperity 10,000, a workforce program funded through the Future Ready Oregon package, served as the focus of an informational hearing before the Senate Interim Committee on Commerce and General Government on Jan. 13. Brent Balog, interim executive director of Clackamas Workforce Partnership, told the panel the program received $35 million rather than the $50 million boards requested and has produced measurable outcomes that the workforce boards track.
"With that 35,000,000, I want to just speak a little bit to some of the impacts those dollars have had," Balog said, adding that local workforce boards report a $219 million economic benefit to Oregon,…
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