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S tre e t R oots • July 2 9 -A u g u s t 4, 2 0 1 6 Poetry P ag e 14 The boy beneath the purple trees Letters from a Prophet By William Cruz Smith by Avendor The boy sat on his blue knees beneath the purple trees taking in the scenery While the girl walked through the valleys singing in the green breeze pretty melodies They met midnight in the forest she was a Taurus he was a castaway They made love in a thesaurus that belonged to Horace on some ancient day Then they slipped back into the sleepy town in the hazy gown of a windy morning And how shall we dream Of this undreamt place The sun without its heat The moon without its simmering light And what of the scholarly birds, The eagles soaring without The brevity of our sight Or blinded fish swimming In pools of silence Without our poles We have all Become uncomfortable with this Murky world. One day our hearts Will fail us Our minds will demand Prayers And what shall we do with Our final bronzed words Broken in our mouths Our minds deeply troubled With things that are And things that are not Only to part ways with cinnamon sweet frowns in the gentle comedown of love’s re-mooring CareOregoiY goMobile team Notice: Request for Proposals RFP No. 07/16-316 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Project Based Vouchers Home Forward is requesting proposals from housing providers to partner with Home Forward and the local Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in an application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for set-aside funding available for Project Based HUD-VASH Vouchers using a Housing First approach. VASH vouchers come with Section 8 voucher rent assistance as well as ongoing case management and supports for the veteran provided by the Veterans Affairs (VA). Selected properties will be included in joint applications for VASH vouchers to be project based pending an award from HUD. The award of Project Based Vouchers (PBV) to the selected property will be conditional, subject to the successful award of HUD funding and compliance with all federal requirements including the PBV VASH regulations, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Act and the American with Disabilities Act. In the event HUD does not award Project Based VASH Vouchers for the selected property, Home Forward may elect to award Project Based VASH Vouchers currently available to Home Forward to the selected properties. Interested parties may access the RFP at the Home Forward website below. http://www.homeforward.orq/work-with-us/business-contracting/current-opportunities Proposals must be received by 2 p.m. on August 17, 2016. Proposals should be sent either electronically as pdf files or by other postal delivery method to the attention of: RFP Contact: Berit Stevenson Procurement and Contracts Manager Home Forward 135 SW Ash Street, 5th Floor Portland, Oregon 97204 Telephone: 503.802.8541 Email: berit.Stevenson@homeforward.org Direct questions regarding this RFP to the RFP contact listed above. OHP Navigation Clinics CareOregon and our partners make Oregon Health Plan navigation easy! We offer help with: • Medicaid medical, dental and mental health appointments, • Medicare eligibility for disabled and elderly adults Find us at these locations: Bud Clark Commons Portland Rescue Mission 665 NW Hoyt Avenue July 6 ....... .... ..8-10 a.m. July 20..... .... .,.8-10 a.m. 111 July July July July City Team Portland 526 SE Grand Ave July 13............ 8-10 a.m. Clackamas County Transition Center 2223 Kaen Road, Oregon City July 13............. 1-3 p.m. July 27............. 1-3 p.m. W Burnside 7 ....... 8-10 a.m. 14............. 8-10 a.m. 21............ .8-10 a.m. 28............. 8-10 a.m. 16366220 Mission 3 SW 3rd Ave July 19............. 2-4 p.m. July 26............. 2-4 p.m. ‘ACTUAL PHONE MAY VARY.
