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The Future of WorkSource is a joint project of the Oregon Employment Department and Local Workforce Investment Boards to examine the effectiveness of WorkSource—what the system needs to do in order to provide value and meaningful impact to its customers, how customer needs vary region by region, and how state…

In November 2012, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland State University’s (PSU) Center for Public Service (CPS). This agreement outlines the scope of work for CPS to perform a Functional Analysis and Operations Review of ODE.

The Diversity Action Council of Wagner College requested a needs assessment for a diversity-training program for the Wagner campus community. A series of informal meetings with students, faculty, staff, and administrators was arranged on March 28, 2007.

To better understand Clackamas County employees’ perspectives of diversity and equity, the Clackamas County Diversity Assessment Survey was administered in November-December 2019. A similar survey was administered in 2013, and the information collected at that time was used as a benchmark to assess change over…

This report summarizes the result of the cultural assessment employee survey administered in April 2007 to all City of Longview employees. Responses were obtained from 235 people (response rate 67%)

In March of 2021, the City of Beaverton (City) and the Center for Public Service (CPS) at Portland State University (PSU) developed a partnership to help the City determine how to engage with the Construction Career Pathways initiative. 1 Construction Career Pathways is a regional effort among local…

The City of Beaverton is planning to create an incubator to support the growth of innovative and emerging nonprofit organizations. City leadership has secured state and federal funding to invest in the project. This report is intended to help the City design the incubator and decide on first steps toward…