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Category: Marion County

What is the PIT Count?

Posted on 11/22/202211/18/2022 by Admin

Hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States are experiencing homelessness living in shelters or on the streets — in tents, encampments or sheds. One way the federal government measures homelessness is by counting people who are sleeping on the streets or in shelters on a given night, an event known as the Point-in-Time…

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Chronic Homelessness

Posted on 10/31/202211/01/2022 by Admin

A person experiencing chronic homelessness is generally defined as an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition, who has been homeless for more than one year. It’s more common for people experiencing chronic homelessness to also deal with a certain disability, mental health condition, addiction or other debilitating conditions that restrict their ability to escape…

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FY 2022 CoC Program and Special Unsheltered Funding Opportunity

Posted on 08/12/202208/12/2022 by Admin

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development released two Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for which the Alliance and other Marion-Polk region nonprofit organizations, governments, faith-based organizations, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply: the annual NOFO for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program funding and a special NOFO for unsheltered homelessness. The Request…

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What is a Continuum of Care?

Posted on 07/21/202207/19/2022 by Admin

The Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance is a Continuum of Care (CoC). You may have heard our name used synonymously with the “Alliance” or “CoC,” because we use these terms interchangeably to describe our organization. Our official name is Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance. To shorten it we use “the Alliance,” but are categorized as a CoC…

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Point-in-Time Count Tells Part of the Story

Posted on 06/16/202206/29/2022 by Admin

The Point-In-Time (PIT) Count that occurred in January across Oregon’s Marion-Polk region involved volunteers, shelter staff, and outreach workers who connected with 879 unsheltered individuals and 926 temporarily sheltered individuals for a total of 1,805 people. This is approximately 15 percent more than the 1,554 people contacted during the 2021 PIT Count. The PIT Count…

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People Experiencing Homelessness and Mental Health Awareness Month

Posted on 05/19/202205/24/2022 by Admin

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…

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Coordinated Community Plan to End Youth Homelessness

Posted on 03/24/202203/24/2022 by Admin

Marion and Polk counties are on a mission to prevent and end youth homelessness. The community is committed to making youth homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. Six months after learning that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $3.7 million dollar Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) grant to the Marion-Polk region,…

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Salem adopts resolution supporting regional Continuum of Care

Posted on 06/11/201906/11/2019 by Admin

Monday night, by unanimous consent, the Salem City Council adopted Resolution 2019-17, supporting the formation of a regional CoC. From the staff summary: Analysis of the Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (ROCC) structure has concluded that a Regional Continuum of Care (CoC) structure consisting of Marion, Polk, and possibly Yamhill counties, offers the potential for…

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Marion County adopts resolution supporting local Continum of Care

Posted on 05/22/201905/28/2019 by Admin

Wednesday evening, May 22, 2019, Marion County Commissioners Colm Willis, Kevin Cameron, and Sam Brentano approved a resolution supporting the formation of a regional Continuum of Care.  Commissioner Willis sits on the Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Steering Committee, which recommended the move as a necessary step to improve homeless services coordination. A work session to consider…

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