Unlike the dismal conditions previously mentioned for Lane County's crops, a Capital Press Agricultural News story says that Oregon and Washington pear farmers expect a bumper crop this year. Estimates for the fall total 19.2 million 44-pound boxes, which is 8 percent more than last year's level.
Indoors, a program run by the Oregon Employment Department attempts help the state's unemployed population sow seeds of entrepreneurship. A story from The Oregonian highlights OED's Self Employment Assistance Program (SEAP). Participants in the program receive unemployment insurance benefits but in lieu of regular job seeking activities they follow a structured program to develop business plans and launch their own companies. The window of opportunity lasts for six months; after that, if a SEAP participant hasn't launched a new business, s/he must resume regular job seeking activity to continue receiving unemployment insurance benefits.
SEAP Coordinator Pat Sanderlin gathered estimates from program participants starting in 2004, and found that approximately three-fourths (77%) were still in business. The combined payroll of these businesses totals nearly $8 million.
Get more details about SEAP in the full story, or by visiting the program's page on the State of Oregon website.
Indoors, a program run by the Oregon Employment Department attempts help the state's unemployed population sow seeds of entrepreneurship. A story from The Oregonian highlights OED's Self Employment Assistance Program (SEAP). Participants in the program receive unemployment insurance benefits but in lieu of regular job seeking activities they follow a structured program to develop business plans and launch their own companies. The window of opportunity lasts for six months; after that, if a SEAP participant hasn't launched a new business, s/he must resume regular job seeking activity to continue receiving unemployment insurance benefits.
SEAP Coordinator Pat Sanderlin gathered estimates from program participants starting in 2004, and found that approximately three-fourths (77%) were still in business. The combined payroll of these businesses totals nearly $8 million.
Get more details about SEAP in the full story, or by visiting the program's page on the State of Oregon website.
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