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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Homeless count to
kick off January 23
Helping teens in troubled times
The Homeless Leadership
Coalition (HLC) will be
kicking off the annual
Point-In-Time Count in
Central Oregon on January
23. This event is a count of
people who are homeless
or in transitional housing
in Deschutes, Crook, and
Jefferson counties.
The count is a part of a
state and national effort to
identify the number of people
struggling to find appropriate
and adequate housing.
During the last week of
January, there is a nation-
wide effort to count every
person experiencing home-
lessness across the country.
This Point-In-Time Count
attempts to capture both
sheltered and unsheltered
homeless people to provide a
snapshot of homelessness in
the United States. Volunteers
across our region conduct a
street count of people con-
sidered to be unsheltered,
meaning they are living
outside, and collect data on
the homeless population liv-
ing in emergency shelters
and transitional housing. In
addition to the total num-
ber of sheltered and unshel-
tered homeless population,
information is gathered on a
wide range of characteristics
of the homeless population
including age, gender, race,
ethnicity, veteran status and
disability status.
Locally starting on
With recent reports of the
rise in suicide, especially in
the teen years, parents and
teachers and all who care
about the youth of our com-
munity are alarmed and con-
cerned. Many efforts are
springing up in hopes of coun-
teracting situations that, for
some young people, may seem
overwhelming and impossible
to navigate. One of these is a
new approach to the adult-teen
relationship; helping adults
think differently about how
they <show up= for teens with
integrity.
This approach is being
offered to parents, teachers,
and anyone who cares for
teens, by a couple of newcom-
ers to our area. Kirstin Anglea,
EdD and Phoenix Ries, MS
both arrived in Sisters within
the past nine months.
In addition to being a mid-
dle school teacher, administra-
tor and college professor, Dr.
Anglea has extensive interna-
tional experience as a facili-
tator with Parker Palmer9s
Center for Courage and
Renewal. Ries9s background
includes work as a mental-
health counselor, a parent
coach and educator, as well
as a yoga and a mindfulness
teacher.
After meeting with Joe
Hosang, principal at Sisters
High School, and Heather
Johnson, the school9s health
teacher, they decided to offer
their expertise in what they
Wednesday, January 23, vol-
unteers will be conducting
confidential and anonymous
surveys in La Pine, Bend,
Sisters, Redmond, Prineville,
Madras, and Warm Springs.
This count will provide the
most up-to-date information
about the number of individ-
uals in Central Oregon who
are struggling to find ade-
quate housing. Through this
data, local agencies and pro-
grams will be able to better
target support services and
develop comprehensive plans
to address poverty and home-
lessness in Central Oregon.
Individuals and families
counted through this effort
include people living in:
" Shelters.
" Transitional housing.
" <Doubled up= or precari-
ously housed with families/
friends.
" Camping, sleeping out-
doors or in cars or RVs with-
out full hookup.
" Other places not
designed for human
habitation.
Counts will be taking
place January 23, January
24, and January 25, depend-
ing on location.
Additional agencies will
survey clients seeking ser-
vices and encourage anyone
who wishes to participate
and self-report to contact
your local support agency
or medical providers in your
area.
By Edie Jones
Correspondent
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of a solution to this growing
problem. They are eager to
share what they know with the
Sisters community.
To do this they are offer-
ing Supporting Teens With
Integrity, a series of work-
shops that will investigate
the best possible ways to
build connections with teens,
the kind of relationships that
allow adults to keep their san-
ity and young people to thrive
and grow into amazing adults.
Starting on February 6, the
series of four Wednesday-
night workshops will be held
at life.love.yoga. in Sisters,
484 W. Washington Ave., from
6 to 8:30 p.m.
They define integrity as
<the ability to show up with
intention, aligned with one9s
values, honoring the whole-
ness of self and others.= Being
available for teens in this
manner is what most desire.
However, being able to do that
is often difficult. The work-
shops will lead the participants
in developing skills of integ-
rity, helping them understand
their stories and history and
what helps or hinders progress
in developing the kind of rela-
tionship needed to be support-
ive for this age group.
These soft skills are impor-
tant in building trust in a fam-
ily system that builds respect,
and generates love and sup-
port. Trust is at the root of all
healthy relationships. How do
we build trusting relationships
with teens that honor each per-
son9s unique identity? How
does one engage teens in sup-
portive and respectful ways
while also maintaining their
core values?
As trained facilitators,
Anglea and Ries hope to cre-
ate a trustworthy space where
participants can be fully pres-
ent, reconnect to <who= they
are, learn techniques for build-
ing trust and tools for manag-
ing the daily hassles, while
creating a supportive com-
munity that listens and con-
nects as they explore the gifts
and challenges inherent in the
adult-teen relationship.
If you have a desire to be
a strong support for a teen,
are at a loss for words, say-
ing and doing the <wrong=
thing, or you want a positive
relationship with the teens in
your life, honoring who you
and your teen are as unique,
whole human beings, then you
will likely benefit from the
workshops.
INTEGRITY:
“the ability to show up
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To register, contact Kirstin
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kirstin@nourishcourage.com.
The registration deadline
is Wednesday, January 30.
Registration is $250 ($400 per
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