But you know, Dave, this is a really short session bills need to move quickly. Kate Brown: Well, we are certainly open to ideas from stakeholders and legislators during the legislative process.
We are targeting these resources to serve our historically underserved communities, those who have been left behind either due to historic or current disparities: our communities of color, our low income communities and our rural communities.ĭave Miller: But why not be more industry agnostic and say: if people want to get some kind of job training that we will help you do that, you know, even if it’s in agriculture or education or you know, hospitality? We chose these three sectors in partnership and collaboration with the racial justice council and with the business community as these were the sectors with the greatest need and the best opportunity to make a big impact with a significant investment. We were short several hundred thousand workers in a number of sectors. Kate Brown: Well, I think folks know that Oregon entered the decade with a workforce shortage. She is working in a seamanship program, she’s very excited and this is an amazing opportunity for her.ĭave Miller: You have identified three specific sectors here for this workforce training: money, health care, tech, and manufacturing and construction. So she could complete her GED and continue in her career training program. So she approached the community college and they had both the resources and support to get her what she needed. She was working at nights and trying to finish her high school diploma and she struggled. Her name is Alpha and she was literally supporting her family. I shared a story of a young woman from Astoria yesterday. It maybe support services like child care or housing support and transportation. So it may be funding for a computer or it may be the resources to pay for tuition. And the third bucket would invest in the tools and the resources needed to remove barriers for people to participate. Number two: invest in new innovative and flexible education and training opportunities across the state – this would be through a competitive grant program. Number one: invest in current successful programs such as local workforce boards and apprenticeships and career pathways. So in terms of workforce development, we have been working with my racial justice council community business leaders and workers to develop a package that would make significant investments in three areas. So a number of the resources that we have available are one-time dollars and I think it’s incredibly important that we invest in the tools and the resources essentially that our working families need across the state.
Just to start out, our state of Oregon is truly at a turning point and we have the incredible opportunity right now to make one-time investments, to keep our economy humming and frankly also to begin to close the economic gaps that we see in our historically underserved communities. Kate Brown: Let me take it up a little bit broader. What exactly do you want to see in terms of workforce development? Brown acknowledged the turmoil the state has face during her pandemic, as well as noting Oregon’s ecomony is strong, and unemployment is low.ĭave Miller: You outlined three priorities for this short legislative session yesterday: workforce training, child care and affordable housing. 3, 2022 following her final state of the state address. Kate Brown, in her office at the state capitol, Feb. The following transcript has been edited for clarity and length. You can listen to the whole interview by pressing the play arrow above. Governor Brown joined Dave Miller on Think Out Loud recently.
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