SOWIB Information

Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties. We make collaborative, innovative and effective investments of private and public resources to improve regional workforce skills, expand access to family-sustaining job opportunities, and enhance adaptability in a changing employment landscape. Our Mission: Maximize regional collaboration, effective innovation and coordinated investment of public and private resources, to optimize equitable access to family-sustaining employment. Our Vision Our region's communities prosper: a diverse, talented workforce supports and attracts businesses providing family sustaining employment. Our Values - We seek and share information and expertise with all who share our vision. - We encourage creative approaches to problems, using pilot projects to test new approaches; we maintain a culture of learning. - We use verified data, informed by regional employers, educators, and community partners, to set priories and guide project implementation. - We emphasize cost-effective, preemptive strategies, promoting opportunities to build skills for employability and adaptability to new opportunities. - We respect and value diverse perspectives, including those of different genders, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability. - We use meaningful, objective measures of performance to assure effective use of resources.