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• ' «f Portland Observer, November 23, 1983 Page 5 Families seek emergency shelter by N a th a n *! Scott Shelter. Shelter. Shelter. A place to escape the rain and cold. A place that affords stability while one picks up the pieces. A haven in an emer gency situation. M ultnom ah and Washington Counties— funded by United W ay, private donations and a percentage o f marriage license fees—can ac commodate, on an emergency basis, up to 35 battered women an d /o r children: M ultnom ah can accom modate IS, and Washington, 20. Both counties operate on a sliding scale and will not turn the needy Emergency shelter for families can be found at a number o f loca tions: St. Vincent DePaul. 2740 SE Powell Blvd., has two rooms at a hotel— one fam ily and one single; and space for seven, a combination o f women and children, in a bat tered situation. There is no charge for their services. The Salvation A rm y Family Ser vices, 1620 SE Hawthorne, has a to tal o f four rooms: two single and two fam ily (tw o bed) rooms. The Salvation Army does not charge for their services. Finally, the Northwest Pilot Project is a clearing house for 61 agencies. The pilot project operates a voucher system to keep money flowing into the 61 agencies that make up an emergency umbrella co- altion. Through the coalition, shel ter is found for those in an emergen cy situation. The emergency shelter program began December 15, 1982, at the request o f the city, through Commissioner Margaret Strachan's office. Funding for the program, $65,000 per year, runs through De cember 15th. The same amount has been allocated for 1984. Peter Paulson, executive director o f the Northwest Pilot Project, said, •'W e — the city o f Portland— don't have adequate emergency shelters; particularly fot two parent fam i lies.” For June, July, August and Sep tember, Paulson said a total o f 1,789 people were given emergency assistance through the emergency umbrella coalition: 705 families, 235 chronically ill individuals, 87 dis placed youths, 242 disabled people, 179 battered women, 124 displaced single women, and 217 displaced single men. Paulson added, “ W inter is al ready here, unemployment is going up, and it's going to be d iffic u lt.” Commissioner Strachan said it makes her feel good to know that there are some accommodations for the shelterless. Pointing out that " I t doesn’t mean we have met all the needs,” she added, “ Government can’t do it all. I would make a plea," she said, “ that people in the community give.” The commissioner said she real ized the magnitude of the problem and that, “ W e, (the Council), have been working on it .” However. John Curry, director of Catholic Emergency Assistance, which helps people when it is finan cially able to, echoed the sentiment, but ook it one step further. According to C urry, “ There should be more shelter m oney. . . . Sometimes we get more requests than we can take care o f .” As an ex ample, he cited the Greyhound bus strike. And in addition to that, he said, some contributions have re strictions placed on them. “ United W ay m oney," he said, in reference to his agency, “ can only be used for people living on Burnside.” Curry maintained that "there is not ade quate emergency shelter for the number o f peopi* who need them .” M oreover, he said, the economy affects what people give to churches. The economy also affects the purse string o f governmental agencies. In addition to Portland's $65,000 contribution to the pilot project, the C ity Council mustered an additional $16,000 for the Burnside Consorti um, and an unspecified $3,000, bringing their total shelter money to $84,000. M ultnom ah County, thus far, has allocated $3,000 towards the plight o f the shelterless. Peter Paulson said the emergency shelter situation is critical. “ W e need to have done a lot more work this past year. W e should have start ed yesterday," he said. " It 's im portant. We need to start right now; even people in the community (who have spare rooms) can open up (heir homes." Three hundied and forty avail able emergency shelter spaces, and $87,000 in C ity and County money, adds up to an emergency. SM eeO O O SO M M M M M M M M « • .-«.o*, ».«• i r . Y.« * U > .‘ ON RETAIL PRICE OF CUT GLASS fr MIRRORS UNION AVENUE GLASS COMPANY A IL TYPES OF AUTO. 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