Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance
Serving Marion and Polk counties, Oregon
Every year, millions of people around the world honor the month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. During this time, people fight the stigma against mental illness, educate the public, and advocate for change regarding various mental health conditions. How does mental health impact our local community members experiencing homelessness? Researchers agree that between…
This week the Alliance issued a Request for Proposals for local projects aimed at ending youth homelessness in the Marion-Polk region. Organizations can compete for approximately $3.4 million in HUD funding for programs designed to identify homeless youth, provide support services and establish or expand access to transitional housing and rapid re-housing so that the…
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.