The Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Workforce is the agency to link employers with workers, and workers with the resources they need to develop their careers.

CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.

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OSHA Guidance - Returning to Work

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New OSHA guidance is available to help employers reopening non-essential businesses and their employees stay safe during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. 

These general workplace safety and health principles update restrictions originally put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. 

Read the Guidance

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New EZ and Revised Full Forgiveness Applications for the Paycheck Protection Program

SBA and Treasury Announce New EZ and Revised Full Forgiveness Applications for the Paycheck Protection Program

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, posted a revised, borrower-friendly Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application implementing the PPP Flexibility Act of 2020, signed into law by President Trump on June 5, 2020.

In addition to revising the full forgiveness application, SBA also published a new EZ version of the forgiveness application that applies to borrowers that:

Are self-employed and have no employees; OR Did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25%, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees; OR Experienced reductions in business activity as a result of health directives related to COVID-19, and did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25%.

Learn More and Download the Applications Here

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U.S. Chamber Guide to PPP Loan Forgiveness

From the U.S. Chamber: 

"Under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) created by the CARES Act, loans may be forgiven if borrowers use the proceeds to maintain their payrolls and pay other specified expenses. Congress recently changed the rules regarding loan forgiveness. The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration are responsible for updating the application form and instructions for loan forgiveness. You can find the most up-to-date information here

PPP borrowers must apply for loan forgiveness with the lender that processed the loan.

This guide is designed to help borrowers understand the process by which their loan forgiveness amount will be calculated and the overall approach of the loan forgiveness process."

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Resume Building Workshop for Teens

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Please Join the Family Resource Network and the CDO Workforce for our Upcoming Virtual Teen Scene: 

Monday, June 15th, 2020,  2pm-3pm via Zoom 

Are you interested in a summer job or an after-school job? Do you have the skills that an employer might be willing to pay for? Do you know how to get an employer's attention? 

The answer is simple - you need to create your own "personal advertisement" also called a Resume, that shows what you know how to do, things that you like to do, and how that could benefit an employer! 

"The Family Resource Network is excited to partner with Alan Sessions and Kathy DeAngelo of the CDO Workforce to bring a Resume Workshop to our teens! Whether you are looking for a summer job, a part-time job during the school year, a full-time job after high school or volunteer opportunities, we will help guide you through what to include on your resume!

Join us while we talk with CDO Workforce professionals who will give you great tips, show samples of resumes, and help show you the way to make some money."

Registration is REQUIRED!

Please fill out the following registration form to participate in the Family Resource Network's Virtual Teen Scene event.

For anymore information please call (607)432-0001. After registering, an email will be sent to you with the Zoom link for the event.

REGISTRATION FORM

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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act One Stop Operator RFP

Chenango, Delaware & Otsego Counties Workforce Development Board, Inc. (WDB) Request for Proposals

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act One Stop Operator

The One Stop Operator will be integral in supporting the system and coordinating these services.

The mandated partners include:

• WIOA Title I: Chenango, Delaware & Otsego Counties Workforce Development Board, Inc.

• WIOA Title II: NYS Department of Education • WIOA Title III/TAA/Unemployment Compensation/Wagner Peyser: NYS Department of Labor

• WIOA Title IV: Rehabilitation Act, NYS Commission for the Blind and ACCES-VR • Title V: Associates for Training & Development, Inc.

• CTE-Perkins: DCMO BOCES • CSBG: Opportunities for Chenango, Inc., Delaware Opportunities, Inc. & Opportunities for Otsego, Inc.

• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families: Chenango County Department of Social Services, Delaware County Department of Social Services & Otsego County Department of Social Services

• Job Corps: Oneonta Job Corps Center

Role of the One Stop Operator: The One Stop Operator (“Operator”), in a consultant role, will play a critical role in supporting the local workforce system to coordinate its diverse partners to achieve its service delivery vision and reach its ‘to be defined’ performance goals. Specifically, the Operator will:

  • Convene up to four meetings per year of mandated partners to support the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) implementation. The Operator will develop meeting agendas, (in conjunction with WDB staff), meeting activities, facilitate meetings, and provide meeting notes.
  • Additionally, in conjunction with staff from WDB the Operator will develop an appropriate mechanism to semi-annually report on the progress and performance of the partnerships across the system to the Workforce Development Board.
  • Support WDB in developing benchmarks to measure a baseline of “system performance”, e.g. customer service, system flow, etc. In future years, the expectation is that the Operator will make recommendations for continuous improvement based on this data.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE RFP, REQUIREMENTS AND IMPORTANT SUBMISSION DATES

Proposals submitted in response to this RFP must be received as a solitary PDF document no later than 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on June 26, 2020, via mail or email (subject line to read “One Stop Operator Proposal for CDO WDB”) to Alice Savino at . All proposals should be addressed to:

Alice Savino, Executive Director

Workforce Development Board

209 Elizabeth St., 3rd floor

Utica, New York 13501

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