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Update
(3/6): This version of the press
release includes additional funding provided to Do Good
Multnomah for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year.
Clackamas County Commissioners have announced the
recipient organizations of $623,000 from the 2018 Affordable
Housing and Services Fund.
This fund, established in July of 2018, is an
investment in private and public partnerships. It will continue
annually to develop housing capacity for Clackamas County’s most
vulnerable community members, including families with children,
veterans, people with disabilities and elderly residents.
Projects were broken into the following
categories:
· Development
or Preservation of Housing
· Safety
off the Streets – Immediate Temporary Housing
· Resident/Veteran
Services and Houseless Services
· Houseless
Prevention and Placement Services
This year’s awardees and their funded projects
are:
Bridges to Change
($78,270): Establishes
an outpatient program for youth and adults that includes
supportive housing.
Clackamas Service
Center ($95,000): Creates a fund to assist with
security deposits and initial rent for homeless families and
individuals; enhances onsite shower and laundry services for
people experiencing homelessness.
Clackamas Women's
Services ($95,000): Provides funding to assist with
emergency transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence
and sexual violence.
Home Forward
($95,000): Provides
resident services that include housing stability, economic
stability, community building and more for Housing Authority
residents.
Do Good Multnomah
($120,000 in 2019-2020): Veteran resident services for the Pleasant Avenue
Veterans Housing development, scheduled to open in 2019.
· Conestoga
Huts ($77,250): Allows for expansion of Conestoga Huts on church
and/or business properties. Funds hut building materials,
coordination for volunteers to build the huts, sanitation
services and assistance in developing community partnerships.
· Outreach
Coordinator ($87,650): Funds data collection and evaluation of
the Better Outcomes through Bridges Program, which identifies and
provides case management, transitional housing and a wellness
plan for individuals with a minimum of 20 Emergency Department
visits within 12 months or 6 visits within 6 weeks and a
behavioral health and/or substance use condition.
“We look forward to the implementation of these
projects that will increase access to housing and services in our
communities,” said Jill Smith, Clackamas County’s Director of
Housing and Housing Services. “We are committed to working with
local nonprofits and community partners across the county to find
solutions to this growing problem.”
Sixteen applications were received this year.
Organizations receiving grants are required to show how funds are
used. This continual evaluation includes reviews of service
levels and performance measures. While this is funding for the
first year, these organizations can request an additional two
years of funding based upon the successful completion of agreed
upon performance measures.
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