Youth Employment Institute Listing of Housing Resources

by | Aug 18, 2009 | customers, homelessness, resource

Youth Employment Institute has posted a slew of housing resources on their website. Check it out here.

Permanent Housing

Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) – Hotline for renters’ rights information. Educates and empowers renters to demand safe, stable, and affordable rental housing. Also organizes Building Repair Forums

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon – Shared housing program.

Fair Housing – For residents of Washington County

Friendly House – Call once a week for availability of housing assistance. Serves homeless families with children

Habitat for Humanity – Income guidelines. Applicants must be willing to work 500 hours.

Hacienda CDC (Community Development – Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00. Affordable housing with rents based on income for 50% and 60%. 1,2,3, & 4 bedroom apts. available. $35 application fee and $300 refundable security deposit. Also provides a variety of community programs and classes and an onsite county health clinic

Housing Authority of Clackamas County – Subsidized rental housing in Clackamas County

Housing  Authority of Portland (HAP) Section 8 Housing  –Administers the Rent Assistance Program (RASP). Must go in and apply. There is a waiting list for next subsidized apartment. Office opens for applications only at 7:30am

Housing Authority of Washington County (HAW)

Housing Connections – Provides lists of low cost and special needs housing on website. Covers Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties. Use online calculator to determine affordable rent based on income

Human Solutions – Transitional housing for families. Please call for appointment and information

Innovative Housing, Inc.

Patton Home – SRO for individuals who make less than $28,500 per year. Furnished rooms available with communal dining area. Meal service available, accepts Oregon Trail Card. $30 application fee. $395 per month, utilities included

Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. – Affordable housing provider–call for availability and eligibility. Also offers services such as a parent network, emergency childcare funding, and a gardening program

Portland Housing Center – For low-income people who need assistance with negotiating payments of low mortgages. Ready to Rent classes. First time homebuyers educational program

Portland Impact – May have a waiting list for rental assistance. Eligibility based on income

REACH  Community Development – Low income housing available, though there is a waiting list for 6-12 months

Rose Community– Rentals and homes for sale in SE Portland

St. Vincent de Paul – Occasionally have funds to assist with emergency housing or rental assistance

Transition Projects, Inc – Provides rental assistance for single people who are homeless

Click here to continue reading YEI’s list of resources

2009 Supported Employment Lecture, Training and Networking Series

by | Aug 18, 2009 | employment, independent contractors, provider organizations, providers, resource

NOTE: This lecture has been canceled for the remainder of 2009.

The Supported Employment Lecture, Training and Networking Series is for those interested in providing customized supported employment to individuals with developmental disabilities in Oregon.  The series will be offered one day each month to discuss employment topics and connect with colleagues from across the state who are also passionate about this work!  Each month different specialists will offer the most-up-to-date best practice and training on the topic.

Materials will be provided via the OTAC website www.otac.org/series.  “Brownbag lunch” suggested for maximum networking.

For more information contact Debra McLean at dmclean@otac.org

COST: $45.00/session

Longtime state legislator Margaret Carter taking high-level job at Human Services

by | Aug 18, 2009 | policy

Via The Oregonian
Article by Michelle Cole

Longtime legislator Margaret Carter is resigning from the state Senate to take a high-level job at the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Carter was a mother and community volunteer before she became the first African American woman to be elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1984.

Carter said Sunday that she intends to submit a letter to the Senate president Monday making her resignation official as of Aug. 31. She will start work as the state’s Deputy Director for Human Services Programs on Sept. 1.

“It is my desire in life to make a difference for our children, our seniors and the disabled,” Carter said. “Those are the areas that I worked in in the Legislature. That is what I want to continue to do.”

The Multnomah County Commission will appoint a replacement to represent Carter’s Northeast Portland district in the state Senate. By law, the commission must consider names submitted by the local Democratic precinct committee.

In her nearly 25 years as a state lawmaker, Carter moved from the House to the Senate, rising in the Democratic leadership ranks. This year, Carter served a pivotal role in writing the state’s 2009-11 budget as co-chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee.

Senate President Peter Courtney credits Carter for bringing “a lot of wisdom to the Senate because of her age, her ethnicity, her background and her struggles in life.”

“She is the heart and soul,” said Courtney, D-Salem.

Continue article here

NOTE:  Support Services Brokerages statewide are funded through Oregon’s Department of Human Services.