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Clackamas Workforce Partnership presents annual report; board hears WIOA‑funded program results
Summary
Clackamas Workforce Partnership presented its 2024–25 annual report, highlighting WIOA‑funded adult and dislocated worker programs, partner network events, employer engagement, WorkSource Clackamas traffic, and targeted sectors including construction, manufacturing, healthcare and childcare.
Brent Balog, interim executive director of the Clackamas Workforce Partnership, presented the partnership’s 2024–25 annual report to the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 17. Balog described CWP as the locally certified workforce board that oversees federal WIOA funds and contracts with service providers — including Clackamas Community College and the Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization — to deliver adult and dislocated worker services.
Balog highlighted several program results and initiatives: employment rates after quarter 2 exceeded goals by 2.5 percentage points; median earnings exceeded targets in some programs; credential attainment and measurable skills gains are tracked, and where goals were missed staff intend to work with contracted providers to create action plans. Balog also described the Workforce Partner Network, training symposiums focused on behavioral health and workforce supports, employer engagement services, and youth industry exposure events such as Manufacturing Day and Taste of the Trades that reached nearly 900 youth.
Commissioners asked about WIOA reauthorization and city engagement. Balog said reauthorization outlook was cautiously optimistic at the federal level, and he described existing relationships with city economic development staff while encouraging further outreach to elected leaders and city staff to expand engagement.
The presentation was informational only; no board action was required.
