Prosper Portland - Employment And Education

Group	Employment And Education
Category	Employment And Education
Name	Prosper Portland
Provider	Prosper Portland

Description

Training 220 NW Second Ave., Suite 200 Portland, Oregon 97209 https://prosperportland.us/

Prosper Portland focuses on building an equitable economy by growing family-wage jobs, advancing opportunities for prosperity, collaborating with partners for an equitable city, and creating vibrant neighborhoods and communities. Some of their projects that help grow family-way jobs include: Equitable Food Economy Collaborative, Prosper Portland Business Finance Programs, Industry Support, and their Youth & Adult Workforce Partnerships.

Youth & Adult Workforce Partnerships Prosper Portland, in collaboration with Worksystems, Inc. (WSI), funds youth and adult workforce development programs for low-income Portlanders, helping them to better connect and compete in the regional economy. Worksystems administers the workforce development programs through a network of service providers. The NextGen program has five youth workforce development providers (Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization, Portland Community College, Portland Youthbuilders, New Avenues for Youth and Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center) to serve culturally and geographically diverse populations within Portland. The program primarily targets youths ages 16-24 who are disconnected from traditional high school or lacking the basic skills and credentials to enter college or career pathway employment. Each workforce development provider delivers supportive and individually tailored workforce development case management to youth for up to three years. Providers help youth identify and achieve their career goals and develop the life skills necessary to stay on course. The goal is for all participants to secure a career pathway job or progress along a path to complete post-secondary education.

Services to youth include:

• Individual career plan development
• Career exploration
• Work and college readiness training
• Work experience placement and support
• Post-secondary placement, navigation and support
• Job search assistance and placement
• Retention and advancement supports after job or post-secondary placement

In addition, WSI contracts with multiple agencies to provide work experience opportunities that have been co‐developed with WSI through relationships with business and industry.

https://prosperportland.us/portfolio-items/workforce-development-program/?portfolioCats=311

Facilities

Prosper Portland Facility

Contacts

Contact: Office Phone: (503) 823-3200