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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.
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