Oregon non-profit using innovation to respond to homeless crisis
An Oregon non-profit has found an innovative way to respond to the state’s homeless crisis, by creating a double-decker trailer with sleeping pods.
Salvation Army's Pathway of Hope program helps Mainers facing homelessness
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Helping people facing homelessness is no easy task. It takes everyone pulling in the same direction, ...
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Colville is phasing out a homeless camp, so who is stepping up to get people sheltered?
High school students volunteered at Bridges of Hope, a new transitional housing facility in Colville that will help up to 10 ...
Job training programs can be a path out of homelessness. Multnomah County may cut them
There’s a lot of things that keep you homeless," said a formerly homeless job coach in east Portland. Getting back into a steady job, she said, "changes people's lives." ...
‘Housing is health’: As Colville phases out homeless camp, students and organizations are stepping up to get people sheltered
High schoolers from Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle traveled to Colville to help offer a fresh start for those in need as ...
ODOT installs fences to curb homeless camping at I-5 overpass in Salem
New fencing installed by the Oregon Department of Transportation aims to end homeless camping in several Salem locations.
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Homeless woman, 40, found dead inside tent in east Omaha
A 40-year-old homeless woman was found dead inside a tent in east Omaha. Krysta Gallagher-McMillan was found dead Sunday morning by her 25-year-old son in the southwest corner of a field near 11th ...
Multnomah County officials appoint longtime Port of Portland director to powerful post as chief operating officer
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners welcomed Chair Jessica Vega Pederson’s top pick for the county’s chief operating ...
'Thanks for pointing out the problem. What’s the solution?'
A new documentary called “Beyond the Bridge” tells a different story. It shines a light on solutions to homelessness. Tim ...
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Metro homeless services tax money could flow directly to cities under proposed change
Metro Council President Lynn Peterson introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would allow Metro to distribute some homeless services tax revenue directly to cities in the tri-county region.
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Portland leaders aim to regain public trust amid homelessness funding crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. — On Wednesday ... they call "inflow and outflow," which is the number of people newly becoming homeless and the number of people exiting homelessness. This is supposedly in ...