Coronavirus Information and Resources
News update from Portland Parks & Recreation
TESTING FOR
CORONAVIRUS
Who can be tested?
Hello, Portland Parks & Recreation friends, customers and partners,
First and foremost, I hope you and your family are healthy and safe. We have missed
you, but we also appreciate everyone following Gov. Brown’s Stay Home, Save Lives
directive during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Our team has adapted to help meet the community’s most urgent needs while
continuing to keep your parks clean and safe:
What is the
cost?
Anyone who has
symptoms
Anyone wh is having a
medical procedure
Free! Most health insurers
in Oregon have agreed to
waive co-pays, co-insurance
and deductibles for:
COVID-19 testing
An in-network provider
office visit or a visit to an
in-network urgent care
center to be tested for
COVID-10
An emergency room visit
to be tested for COVID-
19,
Immunization for
COVID-19, should it
become available
Testing requires a
clinician's order
How do I get a
test?
If you have a medical
provider, call tehm first.
If you don't have a
medical provider you can
call:
Lincoln Community
Health Center
541-265-4947
Samaritan Health
Services
541-768-7080
If you don't have health
insurance call
541-265-0430
for help enrolling
Be safe. Stay home. Stay well.
Money for rental relief in Oregon
Oregon Housing and Community Services will receive $12 million from the
(Oregon) Emergency Board, with $8.5 million for the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program.
Eligibility threshold is 50% AMI (area median income, middle number of all incomes
for a given area). Funding will go through Community Action Agencies.
The other $3.5 million is for Safe Sheltering Resources that will be utilized for
Oregonians experiencing homelessness and the farmworker population.
Details are available at oregon.egov.com/ohcs/Pages/statewide-homeless-popula-
tions-taskforce-covid-19.aspx.
Community Action Team, Inc.
Community Action Program
of East Central Oregon
Community Action
Multnomah County Dept
of Human Services
Yamhill Community
Action Partnership
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Your neighborhood parks, trails and natural areas are still open.
We have redeployed team members as Park Greeters to make sure people know
how to use their park system safely during the pandemic.
To diminish the spread of COVID-19, we closed pools, community centers and art
centers. We also canceled our recreation programs, environmental programs and
permitted park events.
These actions have helped protect public health but have also impacted revenues
that fund bureau operations. We have had to lay off or not hire hundreds of valued
seasonal employees – your exercise instructors, swim teachers, camp counselors and
many other important PP&R team members. These employees are the heart of our
programs and they will be missed.
This summer, we are refocusing our resources on the community’s most urgent
needs. That includes an enhanced Lunch + Play program to help make sure families
have nutritious food during the summer.
Due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, we will be unable to open our community
centers or outdoor pools this summer. We must also cancel all summer programming and
events, including outdoor camps, Summer Free For All and the Portland World Soccer
Tournament. If you are registered for an activity now through the end of August, or if you
have any questions about refunds, please visit portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/756846.
As you may know, many of PP&R’s services depend on program fees paid by you,
our customers, including revenues from our community centers, classes, tree permits,
swimming lessons, permitted events and more. Closures and cancelations mean that
we cannot earn those necessary revenues.
This crisis has grown our resolve to fulfill Commissioner Nick Fish’s vision of a
Sustainable Future for PP&R to ensure that we can serve all Portlanders. That work is
ongoing and we will continue the community and City Council dialogue to gauge Port-
landers’ willingness to preserve and restore critical park and recreation system services.
Thank you for reading this important update. I’d like to leave you with one exciting piece
of news – PP&R is now delivering online recreation programs with our new Stay and Play
video series! We want Portland kids, families and seniors to stay healthy, learn new things,
play and be entertained by their friends at PP&R while community programs are canceled.
We look forward to seeing you again soon. Until then, know that your PP&R team
is hard at work, keeping our community healthy, active and connected.
Best,
Director Adena Long, Portland Parks & Recreation
See additional information on COVID-19 on pages 1 and 9.
Below is a map of Community Action Agencies throughout Oregon. All of the
agencies have their own websites and phone numbers are listed below. Each agency
receives Emergency Housing Account and State Homeless Assistance Program funds
that can be used to pay for short-term emergency assistance like hotel/motel. Some
have Rapid Rehousing programs or other housing programs.
ACCESS - 541-779-6691
Community Action Agency (CAO) -
503-693-3221
Clackamas
County Social
Services
Community Action Program of East Cen-
tral Oregon (CAPECO)
800-752-1139/541-278-5671
Mid-Columbia CAC
Mid-Willamette
Valley Community
Action Agency
Community Connection
of NE Oregon
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Community Service
Consortium
Lane County Human
Services Commission
NeighborImpact
Oregon Coast
Community Action
Klamath/
Lake Community
Action Services
Community In Action
Community Connection of NE Oregon
(CCNO) -
541-963-3186 Office/541-786-2311 Cell
NeighborImpact - 541-323-6502
Community in Action (CinA) -
541-889-1060, ext. 101
Community Action Partnership of Oregon
Community Services Consortium (CSC) -
541-704-7627
Klamath/Lake Community Action Ser-
vices (KLCAS) -541-882-3500
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Multnomah County Dept. of County
Human Services - 503-988-7453
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action
Agency (MWVCAA) - 503-585-6232
ACCESS
CAPO Member: Oregon Human Development Corporation
Mid-Columbia Community Action Coun-
cil (MCCAC) - 541-298-5131
Community Action Team, Inc (CAT) -
503-397-3511, ext. 2003
Clackamas County Social Services
(CCSS) - 503-655-8641
United Community
Action Network
Lane County Human Services Division
(LCHSD) - 541-682-3797
Oregon Human Development Corporation
(OHDC) - 503-245-2600
Oregon Coast Community Action
(ORCCA) - 541-435-7080/541-435-7773
United Community Action Network
(UCAN) - 541-492-3501
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
(YCAP) - 503-883-4172