The 25-27 Oregon Youth Employment Program (OYEP) Request for Applications (RFA) is available here. 

The Oregon Youth Employment Program, funded and managed by the state, is a paid work experience, skills training, and career development program that utilizes the Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDB) structure to implement. The focus of this iteration will be on underserved/underrepresented populations and training experiences and opportunities that support the imperatives of this program. In addition, this iteration will allow for planning grant opportunities to be offered by the LWDBs to help expand partnerships support, development, and capacity building of potential providers in an effort to strengthen local workforce development regional pool of support for youth and other participants.

The Oregon Youth Employment Fund provides funding to the Oregon Youth Corps (OYC) and OYEP.  OYC receives 30% of the total funds, and OYEP receives the remaining 70%. This is broken into two parts; 35% (one half) to be awarded by formula allocation, and the other 35% (one half) to be awarded through a discretionary grant process. 

Workforce training is a component of the programming with the aim to help close employment gaps, particularly for those underserved and underrepresented communities, by providing young Oregonians with valuable work experience that promotes the development of essential employability skills. 

To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be an Oregon Local Workforce Development Board.