Workdrugfree Oregon

A year-long effort by Workdrugfree in facilitating a statewide business leaders group culminated Jan. 9, 2006 with adoption of its Oregon Business Plan (OBP) initiative at the Oregon Leadership Summit. The Workdrugfree Oregon initiative was launched as part of OBP’s Meet Targeted Workforce Needs of Industry initiative.

The effort was precipitated by the increasing difficulty of Oregon businesses in finding workers who can pass a pre-employment drug test. Its overall goal is to significantly increase the number of drugfree workplaces in Oregon through strategies to educate and mobilize the business community, prioritize substance abuse prevention in Oregon’s public workforce system, and elevate the importance of student preparation for drugfree workplaces. Download OBP White Paper

WHAT’S NEW

07/16/07: Workdrugfree Oregon becomes a program of Associated Oregon Industries Research & Education Foundation effective July 16, 2008. Mimi Bushman will continue to serve as Director. AOI is Oregon's largest and most influential comprehensive businesses association.
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07/16/07: Workdrugfree Oregon Employer Task Group commissions statewide employer survey by Oregon Employment Department to be completed by November, 2008. The survey will measure the initiative’s progress since 2006, when an initial survey showed that only 13% of Oregon businesses have comprehensive drugfree workplace programs in place.

07/16/07: PacifiCorp Foundation awards $5,000 to fund enhancements to the Workdrugfree Oregon website, its primary education and mobilization vehicle. Improvements will include a file-sharing library and an E-newsletter for its 15 partner sites across Oregon