Program Title	Steptronics
Location	Portland, OR
Current Status	Active
Objectives	To provide welfare recipients the training and support to help them leave public assistance and become self-sufficient.
Target Population	Welfare recipients in the Portland area
Providers/Partners	Mt. Hood Community College and the local welfare district
Program Design	6-weeks, 40 hours/week (240 hours) Steptronics is an electronics manufacturing training program designed to bridge the gap between recipientsí skills and those required to enter employer training in Portlandís booming electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry. The program is one component of a larger Steps to Success Program that provides classes and services at whatever level is needed by the welfare recipients. The Steptronics program requires participants to have a high school diploma or equivalent and to meet minimum math and reading skills. Steps to Success will tutor interested recipients to help them pass the entry test.
Curriculum	Topics include: workplace communication industrial mathematics keyboarding technical career preparation statistical process control introduction to electronics and semiconductor manufacturing
Key Features
Results	The overall Steps to Success program serves about 5000 welfare recipients each year.
Program Costs	The 1997-98 budget for the overall STS program was $6.7 million (exclusive of funding for support services).
Funding Sources
Key Contacts	Kim Freeman, (503)256-0432 ext 202 Pamala Murry, (503)256-0432 ext.206