COMMUNITY BASIC NEEDS Emergency Services Food and Nutrition Health Energy Assistance	SAFER COMMUNITY Crisis Response Parenting Education and Skill Development Prevention and Intervention of Abuse
SELF-RELIANCE Housing and Supportive Services Child and Youth Development Financial and Legal Counseling and Education	ACCESS TO SERVICES Access to Veterans Services Access to Public Services

also see ROMA Goals

>	COMMUNITY BASIC NEEDS

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Access Center/Singles/Metro
PURPOSE: Homeless and at risk individuals received assistance with employment skills and in meeting daily needs for food and shelter
OUTCOME: Individuals stabilize their situation and become more self sufficient

Community Service Center/Eugene
PURPOSE: Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Eugene community. Services will include case management, food, shelter, information and referral and other services as needed
OUTCOME: Low-income households stabilize their living situation

Community Service Center/South Lane
PURPOSE: Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Cottage Grove/South Lane communities. Services will include short term case management, shelter, food boxes, information and referral, energy assistance, and other services as needed.
OUTCOME: Immediate needs were fulfilled by enabling low-income households to stabilize their living situation

Community Service Center/Springfield
PURPOSE: Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Springfield community. Services will include case management, food, shelter, information and referral, utility assistance and other services as needed
OUTCOME: Low-income households stabilize their living situation

Community Service Center/West Lane
PURPOSE: 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.
OUTCOME: Households stabilize their situation and become more self sufficient

CARS/JOBS
PURPOSE: Provide one-stop service center for low-income households living in the Springfield community. Services will include case management, food, shelter, information and referral, utility assistance and other services as needed
OUTCOME: Low-income households stabilize their living situation

Day & Night Center for Families
PURPOSE: Provide low-income, homeless or at risk of become homeless families with children emergency services and provisions including food, day/night shelter, clothing, laundry, kitchen facilities, preschool, phones, transportation, and  information and referral.
OUTCOME: Homeless households receive assistance in meeting daily needs and to stabilize their living situation

Family Shelter/Eugene
PURPOSE: Provide homeless families with children with shelter, crisis intervention and supportive services at shelter located with in Eugene city limits.
OUTCOME: Homeless households stabilize their living situation and move toward greater level of independence

Homeless Youth Shelter & Intervention
PURPOSE: Provide a continuum of services for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth including crisis interventions, family reconciliation, shelter, case
management, substance abuse support services and health and safety education
OUTCOME: Youth will reduce or eliminate behaviors that present barriers to meeting housing, employment, and education goals

Parent Education (Open Doors) (CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide parent education and on-going support group services for parents participating in the HUD Open Doors program
OUTCOME: Open Doors families will enhance their skills and receive ongoing support for improving relationships with their children

Homeless and At Risk Youth Services
PURPOSE: Assist at risk and homeless youth make positive changes in their lives by providing services, resources, skills, and information to promote empowerment
OUTCOME: Homeless, at-risk youth are provided with assistance to develop and enhance self-sufficiency skills
 

ENERGY ASSISTANCE
see Energy


FOOD AND NUTRITION

Hunger Relief/Food Bank
PURPOSE: Solicit, collect, warehouse, prepare, transport, record, manage, purchase, and allocate food to support the needs of Lane County Residents
OUTCOME: Reduce hunger in Lane County.

Hunger Relief/Meals on Wheels
PURPOSE: Provide meals to home-bound senior citizens living in the metro and rural areas of Lane County
OUTCOME: Elderly citizens were prevented from experiencing malnutrition, enabling them to remain independent for a longer period of time

Hunger Relief/Soup Kitchens
PURPOSE: Provide hot meals to Eugene low-income households
OUTCOME: Reduce hunger in Lane County

Community Service Center/Oakridge
PURPOSE: To provide food boxes for low-income households living in Oakridge
OUTCOME: Reduce hunger in Oakridge
 

HEALTH

Specialized Case Management Services for Adults/Lead Agency
PURPOSE: Identify people in the community who are continually in crisis, using an exorbitant amount of services and showing no signs of improvement. Agencies participate in a consortium to try new approaches, assign lead managers and develop community plans
OUTCOME: Individuals in crisis were stabilized through the persistent and ongoing contact by White Bird staff

Dental Clinic
PURPOSE: Provide reduced or free cost urgent ongoing and preventative dentistry to low-income children and adults. The targeted population includes those who are unemployed, uninsured, disabled, and homeless. Their common characteristics include marginal self-sufficiency
OUTCOME: Low-income households are provided with dental care

Medical Clinic
PURPOSE: Provide free and sliding-scale primary health care services for low-income, uninsured households in Lane County. Services include exams, basic lab work, and medications.
OUTCOME: Low-income households are provided with medical care

Homeless Health Care
PURPOSE: 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
OUTCOME: Homeless individuals received health care services in order to promote stability and improve their living conditions
 
Youth Substance Abuse Coordination
PURPOSE: Provide substance abuse services for homeless or at risk youth
OUTCOME: Reduce or eliminate substance abuse and other behaviors that present barriers to meeting housing, employment, and education goals among youth

Safe Haven Homeless Outreach/Intervention
PURPOSE: Connect chronically homeless mentally ill individuals with Safe Haven Shankle facility and other community support services
OUTCOME: Mentally ill chronically homeless individuals are able to obtain housing and connect with services to address their needs and stabilize their living situation
 

TRANSPORTATION
part of Emergency Service Contracts

>	SELF-RELIANCE

HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES

Transitional Housing/Ex-Offender
PURPOSE: Provides shelter and transition services for exoffenders to promote self sufficiency and a non criminal lifestyle.
OUTCOME: Stabilize housing for ex-offenders and reduce the likelihood of new crimes

Homeless Prevention Project (City of Eugene)
PURPOSE: Prevent homelessness by providing direct client assistance through a consortium of providers
OUTCOME: Prevent homelessness for at risk households

Legal Assistance & Mediation (+HPRP)
PURPOSE: Provides non criminal legal and mediation services to assist low-income Lane County residents.
OUTCOME: The households requesting assistance were better able to pursue their civil rights and improve conditions necessary to meet the households basic needs.

Homespace Continuum of Care Program (CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide permanent, safe and affordable housing to homeless, developmentally delayed households
OUTCOME: Developmentally delayed households will obtain and maintain a safe and stable home while reversing a pattern of homelessness

Shankle Safe Haven Eugene/Springfield Metro (CoC)
PURPOSE: To reduce chronic homelessness for adults with severe persistent mental illness by providing housing, support services and day shelter services
OUTCOME: Chronic homeless adults with severe persistent mental illness are able to stabilize their living situation by increasing their household incomes and developing the skills necessary to live semi-independently

Case Management/Transitional/South Lane
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless or at risk of homelessness households
OUTCOME: 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

Case Management/Transitional Services/West Lane (+HPRP)
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless or at risk of homelessness households.
OUTCOME: Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children.

Young Parent Program (CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management for teen parents who are homeless or living in unsafe conditions.
OUTCOME: 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.

Case Management/Transitional/Metro
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management to homeless households with children
OUTCOME: Homeless households develop the necessary skills to become self sufficient, able to maintain housing and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children

Case Management and Transitional Housing Eugene
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management to homeless households with children
OUTCOME: Homeless households develop the necessary skills to become self sufficient, able to maintain housing and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children

Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing
PURPOSE: Financial assistance and stabilization services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless or help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly rehoused and stabilized.
OUTCOME: Homeless and at risk households develop the necessary skills to become self sufficient, able to maintain housing and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children

Housing Opportunities with Hope
PURPOSE: Assist chronically homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS in achieving housing stability, accessing services, obtaining mainstream benefits and developing greater self determination
OUTCOME: Chronically homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS achieve residential stability

Housing Scholarships  (CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide homeless households attending self-development programs the opportunity to receive rental assistance.
OUTCOME: Households exiting the program develop the necessary skills to become self sufficient and obtain permanent affordable housing

Case Management, Mental Health & Trans Services/Springfield
PURPOSE: Provide housing, case management and mental health services to homeless families and single adults with severe, persistent mental illness
OUTCOME: Homeless households improve their living situation and move toward greater level of independence and stabilization

Case Management/Transitional Services/ Metro (Connections CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide low income homeless households with housing intensive, case management and supportive services to assist them to realize their goals, overcome barriers, obtain and maintain permanent housing and self-sufficiency
OUTCOME: Homeless households are able to obtain and maintain stable housing

Budget Counseling and Education
PURPOSE: Provide budget education to households participating in the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program
OUTCOME: Participating households will enhance their skills and receive support for improving housing stability

Tenant Counseling and Education
PURPOSE: Provide tenant education to households participating in the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program
OUTCOME: Participating households will enhance their skills and receive support for improving housing stability

Safe Haven- Royal Avenue Assisted Living (CoC)
PURPOSE: To reduce chronic homelessness for adults with severe persistent mental illness by providing permanent housing, support services and day access center
OUTCOME: Chronic homeless adults with severe persistent mental illness are able to stabilize their living situation by increasing their household incomes and developing the skills necessary to live semi-independently

Latino Housing (CoC)
PURPOSE: Provide housing assistance and case management for homeless Latino Households
OUTCOME: Homeless or at risk of homeless households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient, able to obtain and maintain affordable housing, and able to pursue a better life for themselves and/or their families.

Senior Outreach
PURPOSE: Assist senior citizens maintain their independence
OUTCOME: Elderly citizens were prevented from entering institutions of care

Los Ninos
PURPOSE: Provide culturally and language appropriate transitional services for low-income Spanish speaking households with children
OUTCOME: Households developed the necessary skills to become self-sufficient and able to obtain and maintain affordable housing and able to pursue a better life for themselves and their children.
 

CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Specialized Supportive Services for Children with Disabilities
PURPOSE: 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.
OUTCOME: Reduces the likelihood of children with disabilities requiring expensive and crisis based services

Families with Special Needs Program

PURPOSE: Provides 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 also provides services designed to help diminish family stress, confusion, frustration and a sense of isolation
OUTCOME: Children whose parents have cognitive limitations are able to enter the public school system without requiring special education intervention.

 
FINANCIAL AND LEGAL COUNSELING AND EDUCATION

Legal Assistance and Mediation
PURPOSE: Provides non criminal legal and mediation services to assist low-income Lane County residents.
OUTCOME: The households requesting assistance were better able to pursue their civil rights and improve conditions necessary to meet the households basic needs.

 
 

>	SAFER COMMUNITY

 

CRISIS RESPONSE

Mental Health Crisis Intervention
PURPOSE: 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.
OUTCOME: Percentage of Phone, Walk-in and mobile crisis stabilization of clients served

Domestic Violence Intervention/Overnight Emergency Shelter
PURPOSE: Provides shelter and emergency services to victims of domestic violence
OUTCOME: Stabilize housing for ex-offenders and reduce the likelihood of new crimes


PARENTING EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Therapeutic Childcare and Parent Education (Eugene & Springfield)
PURPOSE: Provide family support and early intervention services to  children of high risk families from the ages of 0-6. Services such as support, counseling, education, and home visits are offered
OUTCOME: Prevention and alleviation of child abuse


PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF ABUSE

Case Management/Transitional Services/Domestic Violence (CoC)
PURPOSE: Assist low-income domestic abuse survivors to increase economic independence and emotional stability in order to lead violent-free lives and improve self-sufficiency
OUTCOME: Domestic violence survivors stabilized economic independence and emotional well being of their families.

Sexual Assault Support Services
PURPOSE: Provide crisis intervention and support services to sexual violence survivors and their families to reduce crisis, increase functionality and facilitate and mediate empowerment
OUTCOME: Survivors received support for recovering from sexual assault trauma

 
 

>	ACCESS TO SERVICES

ACCESS TO VETERAN BENEFITS
see Veteran's Pages


ACCESS TO PUBLIC BENEFITS

 
Chronic Homelessness Assistance (CoC)
PURPOSE: Assist chronically homeless individuals in achieving housing stability, accessing services, obtaining mainstream benefits and developing greater self determination
OUTCOME: Chronically homeless individuals achieve residential stability, increase skills and income and achieve greater self determination

Information & Referral            
PURPOSE: Provide human service information and referral access for the community through phone service and walk-in contacts

OUTCOME: Increase access to human service to low income Lane County residents