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10 Wednesday, October 9, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Oregon State Sisters woman confronts ‘housing insecurity’ University of care to create a seam- By Sue Stafford less, comprehensive system of services. Seeley hopes to gets $1 Mandee Seeley, Sisters create something similar in resident who has <lived expe- Sisters. million to rience= of housing insecurity, She wasn9t ready to decided to take the problem divulge details but said, study hemp head While on. <Stay tuned.= researching the Correspondent CORVALIS (AP) 4 The Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University has received a $1 million gift to explore hemp genomics, research that can grow understanding of how hemp may be used in health and nutrition products, textiles and construction materials. In a statement the univer- sity said the gift to the OSU Foundation was provided by Oregon CBD, a hemp seed research and development company. The Global Hemp Innovation Center was launched in June by OSU9s College of Agricultural Sciences and is the largest, most comprehensive hemp research center in the nation. Oregon CBD is a family- owned business with longtime ties to OSU. Seth and Eric Crawford both have several degrees from the university and prior to starting the fam- ily business Seth Crawford taught in the School of Public Policy for 13 years. broad topic of homelessness online, she came across an organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., the National Alliance to End Homelessness. They were having a national conference in July and Seeley decided she was going to attend, to learn all she could. She was able to secure one of their scholarships, which covered all her expenses, and off she went to D. C. for four learn- ing-packed days. Seeley said, <My experi- ence in D.C. inspired me to start a nonprofit to deal with homelessness.= One of the conference sessions she attended was led by a woman who heads the Mississippi Balance of State which is dedicated to streamlining and strength- ening the current delivery system of services for those experiencing homelessness, through greater collaborative planning, partnerships, and program execution. The goal is to provide a continuum KEEP ON TRUCKIN’! DOT Physicals $ Seeley brought back from the conference 250 resources. She has all the presentations that were given plus mate- rials provided by others in attendance. She will draw on those materials when estab- lishing the new nonprofit. <The conference defi- nitely pushed me to act more. We have an opportunity to end homelessness in Sisters. Our numbers are low enough that we could get in front of it before it grows, but we need more housing and land- lord involvement,= Seeley said. <Partnerships and col- laborations are the future. We9ve got a good start with this group. It all started with a few of us from the shelter committee and the Forest Service.= The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a non- partisan, nonprofit organi- zation whose sole purpose is to end homelessness in the United States. They use research and data to find solutions to homelessness; work with federal and local Come see our fresh new styles for fall and winter! 10 OFF PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD Mandee Seeley plans to establish a nonprofit to end homelessness in Sisters. My experience in D.C. inspired me to start a nonprofit to deal with homelessness. — Mandee Seeley partners to create a solid base of policy and resources that support those solutions; and then help communities implement them. 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