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Providers and Programs
The Human Services Commission wholly or partially funds the following services and programs in our community. The following are HSC funded Programs serving Lane County residents from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
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Birth to 3-Parent Education (Open Doors) (CoC) 32 households served. |
Provide parent education to an on-going support group for parents. Target population includes low-income and/or at risk families who are transitioning out of homelessness.
Homeless families will enhance their skills and receive ongoing support for improving relationships with their children |
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Catholic Community Services- Case Management/ Transitional/Metro 100 households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless or at risk of homelessness households. Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and better able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children. |
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Catholic Community Services- CM/Teen Parent/DHS (Teen Parent Program CoC) 33 households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for teen parents who are homeless or living in unsafe conditions. Teen parent households developed the necessary skills to become more independent, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and improved the necessary skills to pursue a better life for themselves and their children. |
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Catholic Community Services- Community Service Center/Eugene 7,658 households served. |
Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Eugene community. Services include case management, food, shelter, information and referral, energy assistance, and other services as needed. Low-income households stabilized their living situation. |
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Catholic Community Services- Community Service Center/ Springfield 11,772 households served. |
Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Springfield community. Services include case management, food, shelter, information and referral, energy assistance, and other services as needed. Low-income households stabilized their living situation. |
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Catholic Community Services- Housing Scholarships (CoC) 41 households served. |
Provide homeless households attending self- development programs the opportunity to receive rental assistance. Households exiting the program develop the necessary skills to become self sufficient, obtain permanent affordable housing and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children. |
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Catholic Community Services- Latino Housing- Scattered Site Supportive Services (CoC) 27 households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless Latino Households. Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and better able to pursue a better life for themselves and/or their families. |
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Centro LatinoAmericano- Crisis, Access & Referral/Latino & Farmworker/JOBS 1,355 households served. |
Provide assistance for low-income Latinos to meet basic needs. Low-income Latinos were able to stabilize their living situation. |
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Centro LatinoAmericano- Los Niños 567 households served. |
Provide transitional services for low-income homeless or at risk of being homeless Spanish speaking households from Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County. Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient and able to obtain and maintain affordable housing. |
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Community Sharing Program (Cottage Grove)- CM/Transitional/ South Lane households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless or at risk of homelessness households. Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and better able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children. |
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Community Sharing Program (Cottage Grove)- Community Service Center/ South Lane households served. |
Services include case management, shelter, food boxes, information and referral, energy assistance, and other services as needed. Immediate needs were fulfilled enabling low-income household to stabilize their living situation. |
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Direction Service- Specialized Supportive Services for Children 396 households served. |
Provides essential supports and assistance to families who have children with disabilities. The program helps families negotiate the maze of services and to create, design and tailor a comprehensive support plan to ensure that a child develops to his/her fullest potential. Reduces the likelihood of children with disabilities requiring expensive and crisis based services |
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Direction Service Counseling Center (DSCC)- Youth Mental Health Services (Safe & Sound) 27 individuals served |
To provide homeless, runaway, and at risk-youth, both at Safe and Sound sites and alternative high schools, with access to information, services, assessments and referrals to assist them with the impact of homelessness on their mental health.
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Food for Lane County- Hunger Relief/ Food Bank 23,278 households served. |
Solicit, collect, warehouse, prepare, transport, record, manage, purchase, and allocate food to support the needs of Lane County residents. Reduce hunger in Lane County. |
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Food for Lane County- Hunger Relief/Soup Kitchens- Family Dinner Program Eugene 564 households served. |
Provide hot meals to Eugene low-income households. (Springfield discontinued in FY 2007-2008.) Reduce hunger in Lane County. |
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Housing and Community Services Agency of Lane County- Low Income Weatherization 273 households served. |
Reduce the energy usage of low income households in Lane County by installing weatherization materials into their dwellings.
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HIV Alliance- HIV Services-Youth (Safe & Sound) 68 individuals served. |
Provide HIV services for homeless and at-risk youth in conjunction with the Safe & Sound project. Youth participating in CTRS will know their HIV status; Youth who request additional services will receive referrals; Youth contacted through outreach will learn about availability of HIV testing. |
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Lane County Legal Aid & Advocacy Center - Legal Assistance & Mediation 4,714 individuals served. |
Provide legal services to assist low-income county residents to obtain basic needs. The program serves as an access point to other social service programs. The program also provides information and referral as well as community education on legal rights and issues. The households requesting assistance were better able to pursue their civil rights and improve conditions necessary to meet the households basic needs. |
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Lane Council of Governments- Hunger Relief/Meals on Wheels 1,303 individuals served. |
Provide meals on wheels to home-bound Senior Citizens living in the metro areas of Eugene and Springfield and outlying rural areas in Lane County. The program prevents malnutrition in elderly frail clients who are not eligible for OPI or XIX services and enables them to remain independent and safe in their homes as long as possible. Elderly citizens were prevented from experiencing malnutrition enabling them to remain independent longer. |
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Lane Council of Governments- Senior Outreach 1,591 individuals served. |
Assist senior citizens maintain their independence. Elderly citizens were prevented from entering institutions of care. |
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Looking Glass Youth & Family Services-Adolescent Substance Abuse Recovery Program (APR) (Safe & Sound) 132 households served. |
Provide substance abuse services, under a dual diagnosis format. These services include initial drug & alcohol screening and assessments, treatment plan development, case management, coordination with medical & mental health services, and intensive treatment for substance abusing youth, referred by the New Roads program, in conjunction with the Safe & Sound project.
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Looking Glass New Roads- Safe Homes for Youth CoC 14 households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless youth.
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Looking Glass New Roads- Youth Access/ Case Management, Behavioral Health Svcs., Sexual Exploitation Prevention Support (Safe & Sound) 625 households served. |
Provide homeless, at-risk and underserved youth (ages 11-21) with assistance to develop and enhance self-sufficiency skills.
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Looking Glass Station 7-Runaway & Homeless Youth ? households served. |
Provide homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth under age 19 with 24/7 crisis intervention, day access services, family reconciliation, crisis transportation, shelter, case management, substance abuse support services, homeless youth transitional housing assistance, and behavioral health services access.
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Mainstream Housing, Inc.- Homespace Continuum of Care Program (CoC) 24 households served. |
Provide participants in the program with the help needed to identify and reduce obstacles for maintaining long- term housing.
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Pearl Buck Center Inc.- Specialized Services for Children 154 households served. |
Provide nurturing and stimulating preschool services for children between the ages of two and five, born with average to above average intelligence, whose parents have cognitive limitations. The program enables the children to enter public school system without the need for special education intervention. The program also provides support for parents to secure and maintain safe and stable housing. Children whose parents have cognitive limitations are able to enter the public school system without requiring special education intervention. |
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Planned Parenthood Health Services of Southwestern Oregon- Family Planning (Safe & Sound) ? households served. |
Provide education to Safe & Sound youth and education/training to partner staff to enhance the sex-education services offered to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth. Train or update the training of 25 Safe and Sound staff members, through the offered annual training session, ongoing consultations and/or presentations at partner agencies. Provide outreach education to at least 40 youth to increase their knowledge related to sexual health and safety issues, including sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention. |
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Relief Nursery- Child Abuse Prevention ? households served. |
Prevent and alleviate child abuse and neglect by providing family support and early intervention services. The program serves the children of high risk families from the ages of 0-6. Services such as support, counseling, education, and home visits are offered to the families.
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Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS)- Sexual Assault Support Services 1,147 individuals served. |
Provide crisis intervention and support services to sexual violence survivors and their families. Survivors received support for recovering from sexual assault trauma. |
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ShelterCare- Case Mgmt/Transitional Services/Mentally-Ill 6 individuals served. |
Provide deferred low cost housing for homeless single adults with severe, persistent mental illness (SPMI) for up to 90 days. 100% of the individuals completing the program moved from homelessness or transitional housing into stable housing. (Goal 75%) |
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ShelterCare- Case Mgmt/Transitional Services/Metro 32 households served. |
Provide low income households with transitional services to promote maintenance of permanent housing and progress in becoming self-sufficient. The program provides ongoing support for the families to set goals such as increasing household income, reducing debt, improving employability, and achieving housing stability.
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ShelterCare- Emergency Shelter/Eugene & Springfield 81 households served. |
Provide low income homeless families with children with emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and supportive services at two community shelter locations.
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ShelterCare- Royal Avenue Safe Haven (CoC) 19 individuals served. |
Reduce chronic homeless for adults with severe persistent mental illness (SPMI) by providing permanent housing and supportive services.
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ShelterCare- Shankle Safe Haven Eugene/ Springfield Metro (CoC) ? individuals served. |
Reduce chronic homelessness for adults with severe persistent mental illness by providing transitional housing and day shelter services.
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Siuslaw Outreach Services - Case Mgmt/ Transitional Services/ West Lane 33 households served. |
Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless or at risk of homelessness West Lane County households.
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Siuslaw Outreach Services- Community Service Center/West Lane 1,293 households served. |
Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Florence/West Lane community. Services will include case management, shelter, information and referral, energy assistance, and other services as needed. Emergency needs are met. Households seeking short-term assistance are supported in stabilizing their lives. |
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SPONSORS, Inc.- Transitional Housing/ Ex-Offender 1,293 households served. |
Provides shelter and related transition services for single ex-offenders in Lane County and educate the community on corrections and criminal justice issues.
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St. Vincent de Paul- Access Center/ Singles/Metro 5,344 households served. |
Provide low income homeless or at risk of homelessness childless households emergency services and provisions including showers, food, laundry, clothing, lockers, personal hygiene supplies, restrooms, phones, bus tokens, counseling, day shelter, job referrals, and community referrals for other services as needed. Homeless singles receive assistance in meeting daily needs for food and shelter. |
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St. Vincent de Paul- Case Management/ Transitional Services/ Metro (Connections CoC) 50 households served. |
Provide low income homeless Lane County families with housing intensive case management and supportive services in an effort to assist them to realize their goals, overcome their individual barriers, and enable each family to obtain and maintain stable housing. Homeless households obtain and maintain stable housing. |
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St. Vincent de Paul- Emergency Shelter/ Day & Night Center (1st Place Family Center) ? households served. |
Provide low income families with children who are homeless and or at risk of becoming homeless emergency services and provisions including food, day/night shelter, clothing, laundry, kitchen facilities, child care, phones, case management. Homeless households received assistance in meeting daily needs for food and shelter. |
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Upper Willamette Community Development Corporation- Community Service Center/ Oakridge 269 households served. |
Provide low-income households living in Oakridge with food boxes. Reduce hunger in Oakridge. |
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White Bird- Chronic Homelessness Assistance (CoC) ? households served. |
Provide Case Management services for individuals who are chronically homeless to achieve housing stability and to obtain benefits through SSI, SSD, Oregon Health Plan, Veterans Administration, food stamps, vocational programs to enhance their ability to stabilize their lives. 4% of participants exiting the program remained in permanent housing for one year following their enrollment in project. (Goal 4%) 74% of participants exiting the program increased their income as a result of receiving SSI &SSD, veterans benefits, food stamps, and/or through employment in vocational programs. (Goal 8%) |
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White Bird- Dental Clinic 305 individuals served. |
Provide reduced or free cost urgent on-going and preventative dentistry to low-income children and adults. Targeted population includes those who are unemployed, uninsured, disabled, and homeless. Characteristics include marginal self-sufficiency, neglected dental problems, and conditions which limit access to care--ranging from mental illness and substance abuse to cultural or language barriers. Low-income individuals are provided with dental care. |
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White Bird- Homeless Health Care 2,461 individuals served. |
Provide free comprehensive health care to homeless people in the Eugene/Springfield area in order to meet their basic health needs and to remove barriers to their attainment of stable living conditions. Homeless individuals received health care services in order to promote stability and improve their living conditions. |
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White Bird- Information & Referral 49,140 contacts |
Provide human service information & referral access for the community through phone service and walk-in contacts. |
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White Bird- Medical Clinic 440 individuals served. |
Provide free and sliding-scale primary health care services for low-income, uninsured households living in Lane County. Services include exams, basic lab work, and medications. Target population includes low-income uninsured people including working poor, unemployed, homeless, and people with disabilities. Individuals received health care services. |
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White Bird- Mental Health Crisis Intervention 4,536 individuals served. |
To Provide 24-hour seven day a week crisis response; facilitate entrance for mental health consumers into the public mental health system and facilitate referral of mental health consumers to appropriate and available community providers.
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White Bird- Safe Haven Homeless Outreach/ Intervention 281 individuals served. |
Provide outreach services for homeless severe and persistent mentally ill (SPMI) individuals in order to improve their health and life status.
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White Bird- Specialized Case Management Services for Adults (IMPACT) 20 individuals served. |
Identify people in the community who are continually in crisis, using an exorbitant amounts of services and showing no signs of improvement. Agencies participate in a consortium to try new approaches, assign lead managers and develop common treatment plans. Individuals in mental health crisis were stabilized through the persistent and ongoing contact by White Bird staff. |
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Willamette Family Treatment- Detox for General Population 20 individuals served. |
Provide medically monitored detoxification services for individuals to physically withdraw from mood altering chemicals and continue on in the continuum of care.
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Womenspace- Case Mgmt/Transitional Services/ Domestic Violence (CoC) [Transitions Program/ Open Doors] 269 households served. |
Assist low-income domestic abuse survivors to increase economic independence and emotional stability in order to lead violent free
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Womenspace- Domestic Violence Intervention/ Overnight Emergency Shelter 181 households served. |
Provide shelter and emergency services for battered women and children who are fleeing abusive family members. Battered Women and children are provided with safety and provided with assistance to flee from domestic violence. |
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