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Parolee program provides rent
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate tditoc
A Lane County assistance program aimed at
helping prison parolees stay on the straight and
narrow is off to a successful start, program coor
dinators said Wednesday.
The Winners Program, which helps provide
parolees with rent money for up to six months, is
funded by the Oregon Stato Housing and Commu
nity Services Agency.
The agency agreed last year to provide $25,000
to Lane County Health and Human Services to
fund the pilot project, the first of its kind in the
state The program began in November 1992 and
will run through this June.
The program is designed to help parolees make
a new start by providing them stable housing, said
Ron Chase, exe< utive director of Eugene’s Spon
sors Inc . which administers the program Spon
sors. Inc has assisted former inmates in Cine
County for 20 years.
Rev Ramsey, director of the Oregon Housing and
Community Services Department, said one of the
leading causes of recidivism for former inmates is
the inability to find adequate housing
Ramsey said the state legislature put aside $25
million during the last biennium into the Oregon
Housing Trust Fund to help people get affordable
housing. Five-million dollars of that was for emer
gency housing for people who were at risk for
homelessness.
“Obviously, those who am leaving prison am at
risk for homelessness, and not only that, they are
at risk for going Iwu.k into the criminal justice sys
tem." Ramsey said. "Housing is such a crucial part
of the succ ess quotient for someone who has come
out of the criminal justice system "
The program providers up to $300 per person for
rent deposits and up to $200 a month for rent sub
sidies Chase said the money will also allow pim
ple to avoid going back into housing situations that
may have exacerbated their previous problems.
Cither services include help with health care and
employment.
Fourteen people are already participating in the
I-ane County program. Chase said, and many oth
ers ore expected to be helped Those 14 have all
stayed out of trouble, he said
Parolees who have completed one of the coun
ty's treatment programs are considered for the
Winners Program. Chase said. As part of the agree
ment. they must check in with Sponsors. Inc once
a week and take a drug test twit* a week.
■■Twenty-five thousand dollars is what it costs to
keep one person in prison for n year, so if we can
keep one person out, financially we re coming out
ahead." Chase said.
Ramsey agreed the program is an investment for
the stale and county.
"If we (.an have any impact on the recidivism
rate, we’ve saved the state and the county consid
erable amounts of dollars, and that’s what we’re
trying to do with this." he said.
Ramsey said two similar projects are operating
in Multnomah County (for veterans) and in Linn
and Benton counties (for people in the jobs pro
gram with Adult and Family Services). The Lane
County program is being evaluated by the Depart
ment of Corrections.
"Our objective is to show that this is a better
way to invest our dollars.” Ramsev^aid. "And the
legislature and the governor will look at this and
maybe we will change some of our priorities about
how our money is spent."
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