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P a g e 6, Portland Observer, July 20, 1988
Oregon Jurisdiction,
OES Elects New Officers
F or Y o u r In fo rm a tio n
couples who are not elderly or
ajor gaps exist lh the 50
disabled cannot qualify for any
states and the District of
cash assistance from any level of
Columbia’ in the safety nets of
government, unless they are
government programs that pro
M. Simmons is GWM. Mrs. Child$
by Margaret J. Isaacs, PGWM
among the minority of the jobless
vide cash, medical and other as-
also attended the Heroines of Jer
OES Reporter
who receive unem ploym ent
sistance«to the poor,.according to
ich o of W a shington Stdte,
insurance.
a new series of reports issued by
he Order of the Eastern Star, Fashion Sfiow and Breakfast. Ac-
• Property taxes com prise
the Center on Budget,and Policy «
Oregon and Its Jurisdiction, companing thq newly elected
nearly $3 of every $4 of local taxes
grand worthy matron of Oregon’
Priorities.
held it’s annual Communication
and usually constitute the heavi
While the Center found that the
jurisdiction
were
severahofficers,
n Boise, Idaho with members at
est burden on poor families of any
51 safety nets it examined varied
tending from the states of Mon associate matrons, three (3) pa^t
federal, state or local tax. (Both
widely in the quality of protection
tana, Idaho and Oregon. Newly grand matron and ,the newly
homeowners and renters pay pro
elected officers from Oregon are: elected grand worthy patron or ' they afforded the poor, a number
perty taxes. Landlords generally
of major “ holes” appeared repeat
Mrs. Jo Ann Childs, grand worthy Oregon, Brother Roy L. Callier. All
pass along most or all of their pro
edly. Focusing on the effects of
matron; Mrs. Frances R. Johns, attended Church Services in
perty taxes to renters in rental
policy decisions made at the
Olympia, Wash. July 9,1988.
charges.) Some 31 states have
state level, particularly in the
Community Services envolving
circuitbreaker” programs that
ateas of benefit programs and tax
youth, donations of fobd, clothing
ease
the property tax burden, but
policies as they existed in 1987,
to the poor and a positive image
most
of these are limited to elder
the studies found-
against drugs and gangs are a
ly
and
disabled people. Only 10
• In 32 stab s
•
i»irnum
part of the progressive program
states
have
circuitbreakers that
benefits from A 11 F dies with
being established by GWM Childs
provide
tax
relief
to low-income
Dependent Gin Iren i A ^D C ). the
for Oregon Jurisdiction for the
families
and
individuals
who are
nation's primary cast) assistance
ensuing year.
not
elderly
or
disabled.
program for poor families with
• In every state, there are more
children, are below half the pover
low-income
renters than afford
ty line for a family of three with no
able
rental
housing
units. In 16
other income.
states,
the
number
of
very low-
• In 21 states, for all members
income
renters
is
more
than
twice
of a three-person family to be eli
the
number
of
affordable
units.
gible for Medicaid, the family
Nationwide, there are 3.9 million
must have an income below half
more very low-income renters
the poverty line. In only one state
than units they can afford.
is the Medicaid income eligibility
The Center on Budget and Poli
lim it set at or above the poverty
Mrs. Jo Ann C hilds,
cy
Priorities, located in Washing
line.
Grand W orthy Matron
ton,
D.C., is an independent, non
• In 26 states, fewer than one
profit
research organization that
grand associate matron; Mrs.
in three unemployed workers re
studies
the impact of state and
Gloria D. Brown, grand associate
ceived unemployment insurance
federal
programs
and policies on
conductress; Mrs. Vethel M. Hall,
in an average month in 1986. In 17
low
income
Americans.
grand treasurer; Mrs. E. Jean Mrs. Nancy Pow ell, past m atron, of
of these states, there is no AFDC
Dillard, grand chairman of the ex E nterprise C hap ter No. 1, O rder of
program for poor two-parent fami
ecutive board of directors; Mrs. th e E astern Star, Portland, O regon,
lies in which the primary earner is
Esther Douglas, grand assistant w as crow ned “ M iss O.E.S. Q u e e n ”
unemployed. In 24 of these
secretary. Mrs. Mary Ghee of at th e 27th A nnual G rand Session
states, there is not state general
Montana retained her position as in Boise, Idaho. N ine princesses
cash assistance program cover
vied for the honor of bein g queen
grand lecturer.
ing poor single individuals and
Elected from the State of Idaho: for th e O.E.S. Jurisdiction of Idaho,
childless couples who are neither
Mrs. Barbara Callier, grand secre Montana & O regon. O ver $4 ,0 0 0 in
elderly nor disabled. As a result,
tary; Mr. Roy Callier, grand worthy charitable donations w e re m ade by
for unemployed two-parent fami
patron; Mr. Levi Belton, grand E nterprise C hap ter m em bers, com
lies and their children who do not
m unity sponsors and friends in
qualify for or have exhausted
associate patron.
unemployment benefits, as well
Among GWM Jo Ann Child’s support of Mrs. P o w e ll’ s cam paign
as for jobless single individuals
official acts was attending the 75 for O.E.S. Q u een . A year of peace,
and childless couples in this sit
Annual Communication of P. H. happiness and love is w ished for
uation who are not elderly or dis
Grand Chapter, OES, Washington this m ost deserving and lovely
PORTLAND OBSERVER
abled, little or no safety net exists
jurisdiction of which Mrs. Susie O.E.S. Q ueen.
"The Eyes'and Ears of the Com m unity"
in many states. These people are
2 8 8 -0 0 3 3
ineligible for virtually any cash as
sistance, regardless of how poor
Once a refugee from the cruel
they may be. Many are ineligible
Evangelistic Enterprise, (of which
ties
of
(di
Amin,
and
now
an
evan
for health coverage as well.
the late Bishop Festo Kivengere
gelist and international confer
• 28 states impose state in
was a co-founder). Stephen was
ence
speaker,
Stephen
Mung’
o
ma
come
taxes on working families
featured as a Plenary Speaker at
w
ill
address
the
Maranatha
living
below
the poverty line and
“ Amsterdam ’86’’, the Billy Gra
Church
on
Sunday,
July
24th
at
10
tax
the
incomes
of families
ham International Conference for
below
half
the
poverty
line.
10:30
a.m.
Itinerant Evangelists.
Stephen Mung’oma had al
• In half the states, the max
ready
established
six
congrega
imum
AFDC benefit for a family of
Stephen Mung’oma holds grad
four
without
other income declin
tions
in
six
Uganda
towns
before
uate degrees from Makerere Uni
ed
by
more
than
31.4 percent from
forced
to
flee
for
his
life
in
1977.
versity, Uganda, and Fuller Theo
1970
to
1987,
after
adjusting for
While
in
exile
in
Kenya,
he
worked
logical Seminary, where he is
as
an
associate
pastor
of
a
2,000
inflation.
In
12
states,
it fell by
presently a doctoral candidate.
more
than
40
percent
and
in six
member
church
while
involved
in
He and his wife Rachael have
evangelism
all
over
the
country.
states,
by
more
than
half.
seven children. His m inistry
The study’s National Overview
Since 1980, he has been working
emphasizes youth evangelism,
with
city-wide
evangelistic
mis
also
reports that the effec
church growth, and mission
sions
in
Africa
under
the
Africarr
tiveness
of government benefit
involvement of churches.
programs in removing families
from poverty has declined mark
edly in recent years to the point
where only about one of every
nine families with children who
would otherwise be poor is lifted
out of poverty by government as
sistance programs. The report at
tributes a substantial part of this
"Since 1952"
decrease in the anti-poverty im
pact of the programs to cutbacks
3 Y e a rs - W r itin g A B C ’s
in state programs and decreased
program funding at the federal
level.
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Stephen Mung’oma To Speak At Maranatha
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c an tell you a b o u t th e C h ild S u p p o rt E n fo rc e m e n t
P ro g ra m . We c an h e lp you get th e m o n ey y o u r
ch ild deserves. B ecause, w h en a p a re n t d o e sn ’t pay,
th e ch ild re n do.
For More Information, Write: Child Support Program. P.O. Box 14013.
Salem, Oregon 97309 or call ydur local D.A.
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"Latch K ey Program ’
Safety Net Holes
The Center’s examination of
each state safety net also reveals
the following gaps:
• 24 states fail to supplement
federal Supplemental Security In
come payments to elderly and
disabled people living in poverty.
The basic federal grants equal on
ly 75 percent and 89 percent of
the respective poverty lines for an
elderly individual and an elderly
couple. In all but four of the states
that do provide SSI supplements,
the supplements do not bring SSI
benefits for elderly people living
alone up to the poverty line.
• Only eight states have state
programs that provide general
cash assistance to single indivi
duals and childless couples who
are not elderly or disabled. In all
other states, state general assist
ance programs are either limited
to the elderly and disabled or to
not exist. Sixteen states do have
county-based general assistance
programs, but these programs are
often quite limited irt scope. As a
result, substantial numbers of
pbor individuals and childless