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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, APRIL 26, 2019 Long road to independence HOMELESS, continued from Page A1 DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM OPEN CAPTION SHOWING Five Feet Apart (PG-13) Saturday, May 4 SATURDAY, MAY 4 Wonder Park (PG) Starts between 5:30 & 6:30 PM, TICKETS ARE $4/EACH. Special showing with captioning shown on screen with the movie. Student Night 11:00 AM TICKETS ARE JUST $4 SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES. EVERY THURSDAY! All Ages Movies in Theatre #3. Today in History The Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the vaccine was safe and effective and it quickly became a standard part of childhood immunizations in America. In the ensuing decades, polio vaccines would all but wipe out the highly contagious disease in the Western Hemisphere. — April 26, 1954 Food 4 Thought “Love yourself fi rst and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball, died April 26, 1989 The Month Ahead Continuing through Saturday, May 4 Pentacle Theatre presents Del Shores’ Yellow, a mature drama about a southern family. Visit pentacletheatre.org for show times and tickets. Friday, April 26 Enlightened Theatrics presents The Odd Couple, Female Version by Neil Simon, at Salem’s Grand Theater. Visit enlightenedtheatrics.org for show times and tickets. Performances through May 19. The Mid-Valley Literacy Center presents Spotlight on Literacy, an opportunity for supporters to come together and recognize the past year’s accomplishments and recognize the progress made by students. The event will be held at Creekside Golf Club, 6250 Clubhouse Dr SE, Salem. The VIP event starts at 5 p.m. and the dinner program starts at 6 p.m. Dinner and program tickets are $50 or $500 per table. McNary Vocal Project will present Avi Kaplan’s Honor Choir Festival for two performances (6 p.m. and 8 p.m.) in Ken Collins Theatre. The former Pentatonix member will be backed by a 300 member choir. Tickets are $20, available at mcnary-theatre.ticketleap.com; proceeds benefi t McNary’s choir programs. Saturday and Sunday, April 28-28 The 2019 Oregon Ag Fest will be held at the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Tickets: $9 for ages 13 and up and free for children 12 and under, available at the door. Advance tickets available at eventbrite.com, or at any Wilco Farm Store. Tueday, April 30 Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. Wednesday, May 1 The Elsinore Theatre will show Raiders of the Lost Ark with two showings. The fi rst show egis at 2 p.m. and the second is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at elsinoretheatre.com. Keizer Parks Forum on Carlson Skate Park renovations, 6 p.m. Meeting will start at the skate park behind city hall and then move to the city hall lobby for more formal talk. 980 Chemawa Road N.E. Thursday, May 2 The 21st Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Keizer Civic Center to celebrate National Day of Prayer. The event is non-denominational and all are welcome to participate. You can register at keizerchamber.com. Bring peanut butter to benefi t Marion-Polk Food Share. FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, 7:30 p.m., Historic Elsinore Theatre. The show is a comedic musical that pokes fun at TV’s Friends. Recommended for mature audiences. Tickets range from $17 to $49. elsinoretheatre.com. Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. a new Continuum of Care (COC) alliance with Polk and Yamhill Counties as well as the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde. COC development is re- quired by the U.S. Depart- ment of Housing and Ur- ban Development (HUD) to qualify for funding at the federal level. That funding can assist with everything from construction of affordable housing to domestic violence and addiction services and healthcare for the homeless. Marion and Polk counties once operated under their own COC, but the admin- istrative duties were mostly handled by non-profi ts. In an effort to ease the burden of administrative duties, lo- cal leaders opted to join the ROCC in 2012. It was a deci- sion that fl ew under the radar of local elected offi cials, but it’s had a devastating effect on the federal money available to serve the local homeless pop- ulation. “I had been a commission- er eight years when it hap- pened and I was not aware of it until 2018,” Carlson said. The main handicap that arose from Marion Coun- ty being lumped in with the ROCC is that, even when major strides are being made might make for better services By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Even if the leaders on the Mid-Willa- mette Valley Homelessness Initiative get backing from local elected leaders to form a new Continuum of Care (COC), the road ahead is a long one. The soonest local leaders could apply for the change is this October. If approved, the new COC administration could compete for federal funds in March 2020. Alloca- tions would be announced in December 2020 and then the money would be re- leased to the organization in spring 2021. “What we are trying to do now is get all the pieces in place so we can compete for the federal funding. We will still need local jurisdictions to contribute until then,” said Janet Carlson, a former Marion County locally, the score HUD uses to determine funding levels is brought down by other com- munities not doing as much. Scores are based on data col- lection and successful out- comes. The ROCC’s current score is less than 140 and only those scoring above the 166 are considered competitive. Clackamas County has one of the best scores in the nation at 190 “and gets all of what they are asking for,” Jones said. Those scores translate into dollars to combat homeless- Commissioner and now consultant to the effort. Even if all the dominoes line up right, it might not mean more money to combat homelessness on the local front, but Carlson said the money is only part of the equation. “This is about doing services better,” she said. The idea is that with better regional strategic planning, guided by the public health offi cials at the Mid-Willamette Val- ley Council of Governments, there will be less overlap of services and fewer loopholes for those struggling with homelessness to fall through. “It’s about getting everybody rowing in the same direction, getting the outcomes you desire from the investment,” Carlson said. ness, and Marion County lags far behind its neighbors in that regard. Washington County gets an allocation of roughly $5,900 per year per homeless person. Clack- amas County gets just under $5,000. Lane County, which has operated under its own COC for at least 20 years, gets $2,400 per person. The 28 counties operating under the ROCC get $550 per home- less person. At that same time, the counties in the ROCC repre- sent the ninth largest home- Jones fi elds tough questions on approach to homelessness By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Keizer city councilors asked hard questions about how lo- cal leaders approach combat- ting homelessness at a work session Monday, April 22. Jimmy Jones, executive di- rector of the Mid-Willamete Valley Community Action Agency, fi elded them without batting an eye. Councilor Dan Kohler said some constituents asked him when enough was enough given the large amounts on money spent on homeless nationwide over the past fi ve decades. “In my experience, almost everyone I talk to wants assis- tance,” said Jones. “10 percent of the [homeless] population are diffi cult to house, 10 per- cent will never be housed on their own and 80 percent are somewhere in between or transitionally homeless.” Jones wants local govern- ment offi cials to rethink the entire approach and focus on the 10 percent that are chron- ically homeless and in need of wraparound services. “Taking care of that 10 percent is a sizable chunk of the ones initiating the most complaints. The top 100 most dire individuals can cost the community $100,000 annual- ly in emergency services and doesn’t include court costs and jail. It costs an extraordi- nary amount of money to not house this population,” Jones CAA is doing, Jones is track- ing where individuals were said. He added the homeless born and how long they’ve population is more visible now been in the community. “Many of them weren’t because the overall population born here, is much larg- but you could er than when walk into the g ove r n m e n t grocery store fi rst began at- and fi nd out tempting to the same thing combat home- about the cus- lessness. tomers there,” City Man- he said. “Vir- ager Chris Eppley asked — Jimmy Jones tually none of the homeless whether the CAA exec. director in our area fundamental were born in approach to serving the homeless is fl awed this community, but when I given the lack of success in asked them how long they’ve been in this area, almost all of curbing the problem. Jones said the traditional them have been here 10 to 15 approach has been to house years. And they weren’t home- the individuals most open to less when they arrived here,” rapid rehousing. It makes the Jones said. When it came to the mat- outcomes look good on paper and elicits positive response ter of Marion County and its from the community, but it neighbors breaking away from doesn’t get to the heart of the problem, he said. “We haven’t had our pri- orities straight and that comes from private organizations and legislative direction that em- phasize to specifi c segments of 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE the population, such as veter- ans, families and youth,” Jones said. Kohler asked whether cre- ating safety net of services Alita Battle Angel (PG-13) would only attract more Fri 7:50, Sat 6:10, 8:30 homeless individuals to the Sun 6:10, 8:30 area as word spreads. Mary Poppins Returns (PG) As part of the work the “We haven’t had our priorities straight.” THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES the Rural Oregon Contin- uum of Care (ROCC) and establishing a new Contin- uum of Care with Polk and Yamhill Counties, Councilor Laura Reid asked what the effect would be on the other 25 counties that comprise the ROCC. “The ROCC would be getting less money, but we aren’t even getting a fair geo- graphic share of those funds. They might be eligible for some funding that they aren’t with Marion County in the mix and I anticipate that their systems will improve a little bit, but this isn’t a spectacular outcome for them,” Jones said. looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO Note by note young maestro impresses McNary High School soph- omore Hyrum Kohler can do something few others can rep- licate. Have him stand with his back to a piano and play a note of your choosing. he can turn around and replicate it with no other auditory or visual refer- ence. Sat 12:20, Green Book (PG-13) Fri 8:40, Sun 4:50 maze Isn’t it Romantic (PG-13) Fri 9:05, Sat 6:45, 8:55, Sun 8:20 Lego Movie 2 (PG) Fri 12:00, 4:20 Sat 2:45 Sun 2:50 CORRECTION Kid (R) Sat 4:45, Sun 6:25 Wonder Park (PG) Fri 12:20, 2:15 Sat 12:40, 2:25 Sun 12:40, 4:35 A story in the April 19 edition of the Keizertimes contained an error in story titled City will re-examine caretaker role at KRP. The story stated members of the Charge family lived in one of the houses in the park until their time of death. Charge family members left the house when it was taken over by the city. The Upside (PG-13) Fri 6:45, Sat 8:40, Sun 7:20 10 YEARS AGO Outside groups sought to run new city assets Two groups are proposed to operate the amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park and the community center at the new civic center. 15 YEARS AGO New water well set to pump into Clear Lake area Keizer’s newest well will come online April 30. 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Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer 20 YEARS AGO Street costs may bite into classroom money The cost of pushing a street through the new school site in south Keizer could force school offi cials to trim classrooms from the new buildings, according to school offi cials. Sam Goesch CLU, Agent Sam Goesch Ins Agcy Inc 3975 River Road North Keizer, OR 97303 Web: SamGoesch.com Bus: 503-393-6252 1211999 State Farm , Bloomington, IL
