Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance
Serving Marion and Polk counties, Oregon
Collaborative Committee members looked back at their one-year anniversary and discussed how services for people experiencing homelessness have improved after working together through the Alliance. These highlights from their conversation prove that working together works.
The Polk Warming Centers will be open Friday/Saturday/Sunday nights (Oct.29-31). The regular Warming Center season will start up November 1st. If you are interested in donating or volunteering, please follow this link: https://polkwarming.weebly.com/get-involved.html. We are especially in need of building up our driver and overnight host pools in preparation for this season. Thank you! Please help…
A public meeting of the ORS 190 Entity, Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance will be held onNovember 4, 2021, at 1:00 PM. The Board of Directors will hold a public hearing to discuss withinterested citizens the proposed Supplemental Budget for the current fiscal year. Due to COVID-19guidelines, the meeting will be held virtually. Instructions to watch…
September 15, 2021 It’s official. The Marion-Polk region will receive $3,691,542 to end and prevent youth homelessness. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development announced the FY 2021 awards recipients for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. Nationally, $142 million was awarded. Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark, Alliance Board Chair, said “The Alliance is thrilled…
The Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance, the Continuum of Care for the Marion-Polk county region, is eligible to apply for federal Continuum of Care (CoC) Program funds and is launching a local competition for organizations interested in submitting project proposals for consideration and inclusion in the CoC’s consolidated application. The local competition is open and accepting…
On July 8, 2021 the Alliance Board of Directors adopted the 2021 Strategic Plan, which reaffirms the organization’s mission, seven (7) strategies, and nine (9) goals. Each goal has 2-11 objectives for a total of 54 objectives and 195 specific tasks. Alliance board chairperson and Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark noted that “this is a plan…
Melanie Zermer hosts a KMUZ Radio show titled “Invisible People” to highlight local issues related to homelessness. On February 9, 2021 she interviewed Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance vice chair and Salem City Council president Chris Hoy.
No one would wish for a pandemic, but even the worst health crisis in more than a century can be a call to service. Many who have houses in which to quarantine have made thousands of fabric masks for homeless neighbors. One woman alone crafted 600 masks for distribution by Be Bold Street Ministries. A…
In light of current public health concerns, all MWVHA meetings will be held online, with both video and phone-in options. To offer the greatest level of public access, accommodations will also be made available for members of the public who otherwise would not have access to the meeting. Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments POLICY STATEMENT:…
The first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance was well attended and all business as Former Marion County Commissioner Janet Carlson, in the role of staff, led members through the complicated process of approving the work and recommendations they had made as members of the Development Council. That meant…