Northwest Oregon Works (NOW) champions impactful workforce solutions, provides leadership, creates connections, fosters partnerships, and makes investments to address the employment needs of individuals and the business community.  NOW is a non-profit organization that serves Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, and Tillamook counties and is designated by local County Commissioners as the Local Workforce Investment Board for this five-county region.  The board is business-led and also includes representatives from education, economic development, organized labor, community-based organizations and state agencies.

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Partnerships are the key to everyone’s success.  As conveners, NOW develops and nurtures a myriad of partnerships and connects partners to each other in support of development of impactful workforce solutions, and to mobilize innovative ideas and proven practices. We engage with a myriad partners to better align our resources and increase coordination of service delivery in our communities.

We partner with private business and industry, training and education providers, community-based organizations, community colleges, economic development, K-12 and others.  Partners engage with us a variety of initiatives:  in sector work, Regional Leadership Teams, Local Leadership Teams, Youth Re-engagement Council, Local STEM Hubs, Regional and Local Economic Development groups, and others.