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Continued from previous page • • • • • $50 million for the alignment of outcomes, roles, responsibilities, risk and incentives in Oregon’s behavioral health system $31 million for opening two 24-bed patient units at the Oregon State Hospital Junction City campus, which will make more bed space available at the Salem campus, and a $20 million special purpose appropriation for increased staffing levels $21 million for community restoration and clinical services, rental assistance and wraparound support, and sup- porting the needs of individuals who have been ordered by a court to receive services enabling them to assist in their own criminal defense $6.5 million for mobile response and stabilization services for children with behavioral health needs $5.7 million for interdisciplinary assessment team services for youth with intensive behavioral health needs Tackling the Housing Crisis • • • • $410 million for the Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) Housing and Per- manent Supportive Housing programs $130 million for affordable housing preservation and affordable housing property acquisition loan programs $100 million for constr uction, rebuilding and financing initiatives for housing for displaced survivors of the Labor Day 2020 wildfires $94 million for other housing initia- tives, including shelter operations, down • • • • • • • payment assistance, affordable home- ownership development, manufactured home park preservation and operational capacity for organizations administer- ing rental assistance programs $30 million to cover 100% of missed rental payments for applications sub- mitted to the Landlord Compensation Fund and $5 million for a landlord risk fund (SB 278) $20 million for the Behavioral Health Housing Incentive Fund (HB 2316) $10 million for the Healthy Homes Repair Fund (HB 2842) $5 million for domestic violence/sex- ual assault survivor housing assistance $4.8 million for fair housing enforcement $4.5 million for long-term rental assistance for youth at risk of home- lessness (HB 2163) $3.6 million for unaccompanied homeless youth (HB 2544) Investing in Wildfire Recovery and Disaster Preparedness • • • • $200 million for essential workforce and local communities on the frontlines, managing/mitigating wildfires (SB 762) $150 million reserved in a special purpose appropriation to address nat- ural disaster preparedness, response and recovery activities, including potential responses to the drought crisis in the Klamath Basin $150 million for wildfire recovery housing $75 million for food and shelter for wildfire-impacted communities Activate Arts, an arts nonprofit in Lincoln County, offers summer camps that are free for all youth in grades 1-8. It also is looking to hire high school youth art mentors. The organization is dedicated to creating inclusive and accessible art that is cul- turally affirming. It is the only arts organization on the central Oregon coast that is led by people of color. Siletz Tribal member Creed Taylor is an active board member. Activate Arts is facilitating two arts camps, with one being a mural-making summer camp. Last summer, it commissioned a mural in honor of the late Siletz Tribal member Agnes Pilgrim, affectionately known as Gramma Aggie. The mural is located at the turnaround on SW 51 st Street in Lincoln City, Ore. • • • • • • • $28 million for planning and rehabili- tation of high-hazard dams $23 million for reimbursement to counties for lost tax revenues $20 million for FEMA Hazard Miti- gation Grant match $20 million for grants for fire hardening and energy efficiency during rebuilding $19.75 million for grants for ripar- ian and upland restoration, as well as floodplain restoration and reconnection $15 million for levee inspection, accreditation, certification or repair project grants $6 million total for firefighter appren- ticeships to the Jackson County Fire District, Clackamas Fire District and Eugene Springfield Fire Department ($2 million each) • • • • • Focusing on Racial Equity • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $100 million to implement the Cover All People program (HB 3352) $11.7 million for the Oregon Youth Employment Program, along with statute changes to ensure at least 75% of participating youth are from com- munities of color, rural communities or historically underrepresented com- munities (HB 2092) $10 million to compensate local govern- ments for the elimination of individual post-prison supervision fees (SB 620) $10 million special purpose appro- priation for the Transforming Justice Initiative $10 million capitalization of the Cer- tification Office for Business Inclu- sion and Diversity Loan Fund $10 million for loan-loss reserve program grants to lenders to address institutional and social barriers that have made access to capital nearly impossible for small business owners, especially those in rural, veteran and BIPOC communities (HB 2266) $9 million for technical assistance to underrepresented businesses in the Ore- gon Business Development Department $4 million for the Criminal Justice Commission to establish a new restor- ative justice grant program $3.8 million for the Oregon Diversity Procurement Program $2 million to the Innovation Law Lab for immigration defense $1.5 million for the Reimagine Safety Fund $1.2 million for the expungement of criminal records for marijuana infractions $1.2 million for a diversity, equity and inclusion initiative at the Oregon Youth Authority $1 million for equitable water access and $500,000 for indigenous energy resiliency in Water Resources budget $905,000 for implementing the Sanc- tuary Promise Act (HB 3265) $600,000 to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission for start- up costs for developing nontraditional pathways to licensure $500,000 for a study of the impacts of State School Fund spending and to determine if this spending results in disparities between students who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and non-BIPOC students Two positions in the Department of Forestry for DEI, environmental jus- tice, sustainability officer and liaison to Tribal governments One position for a DEI officer at the Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. A bilingual compliance specialist position to support Spanish speakers in the investigation of wage claims and complaints (BOLI) A full-time DEI specialist at BOLI to work proactively with apprenticeship training agents to develop strategies and supports to ensure greater par- ticipation and success for women and minorities in apprenticeship Two new language access positions to improve translation services in the state legislature: a language access coordinator to develop and implement a plan to provide language access services, and a Spanish language interpreter to provide in-house Spanish language interpretation and translation Improving Water Systems • • • $276 million for drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer water proj- ects statewide using American Rescue Plan Act funds (HB 5006) $95 million to capitalize grant and loan funds for water projects $71 million for enhanced capacity, planning support, stakeholder engage- ment, water quality, groundwater and surface water availability and alloca- tion, groundwater well and septic sys- tem financial assistance programs, and environmental protection programs • Improving Transportation Infrastructure • • • • • $80 million for safety improvements to Oregon 213/82 nd Avenue $32 million for Phase II of the New- berg Dundee Bypass (OR-219 section) $5 million for the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge $4 million for the Sunrise Gateway Cor- ridor Community Visioning Concept $3.3 million for rehabilitation of the Lake County Railroad Local Project Funding I am especially grateful and excited that the following projects that I advocated for were approved for Lottery Bond and America Rescue Plan funding: • • • • • • • • Toledo: Sanitary Sewer Extension, Port of Toledo: $2.425 million Toledo: Greater Toledo Pool Recre- ation District: $3 million Waldport: Water Tank Replacement: $2.2 million Depoe Bay: Restoration of Pilings and Docks: $2.9 million Eddyville: East Lincoln County Fire- hall: $4 million Siletz: Tribal Arts & Heritage Soci- ety: $750 thousand Newport: Big Creek Dams Remedia- tion: $14 million Newport: Oregon Coast Aquarium: $5.1 million August 2021 See Session on page 16 • Siletz News • 13
