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which focuses on recruiting women into the trades. Oregon’s community colleges offer Career Pathways which are portable, stackable trainings that allow people to learn, work, and then add more education later. They dovetail with the Sector Strategies on which they are based. Credentials vary, depending on the organization, but are generally provided in the following ways: Accredited Community College programs such as short-term certificates and associate degrees. The Community College Consortia includes all community colleges in Oregon. Each college provides an array of SNAP E&T components such as Career Technical Education (CTE), English Language Acquisition, and/or GED services, along with Supervised Job Search and Job Retention, depending upon capacity and geographic area. Apprenticeships that provide journey-level certificates after training and working in the trades. Workforce Boards offer many short- term trainings in various occupations, often with a certificate being earned. Three workforce boards are STEP providers, with other workforce boards and community-based organizations as sub-providers to offer an array of STEP services to SNAP recipients. Coordination Coordination with the workforce development system consists of efforts to partner with workforce providers to directly serve SNAP E&T participants or to align the flow or types of services offered across programs. Describe any special State initiatives (i.e. Governor-initiated or through State legislation) that include SNAP E&T. Describe any efforts taken by the State agency to coordinate these programs, services, partners, and/or 1/29/26, 9:33 AM State Plan OR FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-orfy26stateplan//index.html 12/378