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July 10,1991--The Portland Observer-Page 7
The Transition Home Program
The Transition Home is a short
term 90 day program which serves high
risk female adolescents in transition
(ages 12-18). The type o f services the
home provides include: Preparing ado
lescents w ith live a b ility skills, leach
ing youth to w ork in her own com m u
nity and providing support services
inc luding mentor program , counseling,
and self-esteem workshops. The T ran
sition Home is a program fo r adoles
cent females in the North/Northeast
area who need a home to live in u ntil
they can either return to their fam ilies,
become emancipated or leant independ
ent living. During their stay in the home,
these girls must attend school, take part
in peer group, fa m ily and individual
counseling, participate in job search
and do volunteer w ork in the com m u
nity.
Com m unication, self esteem and
nurturing positive relationships are >ome
Summer employm ent for young
jeople doesn’ t always mean frying
lamburgers or washing cars. For Con-
essa Menefee and Emanuel M osley, it
neans helping peers find useful infor-
nation and summer activities.
Contessa and Emanuel staff the
phones fo r United Way o f the Colum-
pia-W illamette’ s Summer Youth Help
Line. Young people from throughout
ihe Portland/Vancouver area can call
them to receive inform ation and referral
on training and employment, recreation
and sports, and volunteer opportunities.
The key to the service is providing
youth the opportunity to talk to people
their own age. “ They really don’ t have
a problem when they talk to us,” said
Emanuel, who is 16 and most recently
attended Grant High School. ‘ T proba
bly could have used the help line last
summer when I was looking fo r a jo b ,’ ’
United Way Distributes
$10 Million Using
New Funding Approach
o f the qualities and skills these adoles
cents acquire and develop w hile m ak
ing the transition from a dysfunctional
lifestyle to one that is positive and
functional. Upon entry to the program,
goals w ill be set and whatever support
is needed to meet these goals during the
stay w ill be made available whenever
possible.
In the Transition Home program
there are house rules to fo llo w , chores
to do, appointments to make and keep,
homework to do, and volunteer work to
do. Basically, the objective is fo r the
girls to become more responsible, pro
ductive citizens in our com m unity.
Referrals can be made by calling Carol
Lomax, Program Manager, at 283-6452,
Tuesday through Friday from 9-5 or the
Give Us This Day o ffice at 288-4335.
Referrals are accepted from local
churches, school counselors, organiza
tions, parents and families.
United Way o f the C o lu m b ia -W il
lamette has announced the distribution
o f nearly $ 10 m illio n to human service
programs throughout the Pordand/
Vancouver area. Just under 200 pro
grams w ill receive funds between July
1, 1991, and June 30, 1992.
Community volunteers used United
W ay’ s new ‘ Three-track” model to
help decide funding priorities. By pro
viding clear comparison o f sim ilar
programs, three-track helps volunteers
make funding decisions based on which
programs are better servicing specific
needs.
“ A s money for human services
becomes scarce in Oregon, i t ’s vital
that United Way dollars be spent in the
most e fficie n t manner possible,” said
Ronald B Gould, chairman o f the board,
United W ay o f the C olum bia-W illam
ette and partner-in-charge o f audit,
Deloitte & Touche. “ The three-track-
approach makes it possible fo r volun
teers to target resources to the pro
grams that address the greatest needs in
our com m unity.”
The programs, which are adm ini-
Multicultural Celebration
United Way Teens Help Peers With
Summer Planning
The Sabin C om m unity is planning
a M ulticultu ral Celebration and C om
m unity Resources Fair. The festival
w ill take place on Sunday, July 21st, 1-
7 p.m. at the Sabin School and p lay
ground (4013 NE 18th). Plans are fo ra
gala event that w ill promote positive
interactions among neighbors and va ri
ous cultures from inner NE Portland.
There w ill be entertainment stages,
ethnic foods, com m unity resource or
ganizational booths, and exciting c h il
dren’ s activities. Boka M arim ba, rap
groups, gospel music, N ative A m eri-
he said.
A Benson High School graduate,
Contessa is 18 and w ill attend Seattle
University in the Fall. In addition to
helping her peers by w orking for the
youth line, Contessa said she is helping
herself by making some extra money
for college.
United Way staff provided C on
tessa and Emanuel w ith basic training
on how to collect inform ation from
callers and how to access appropriate
responses and referrals. Both agreed
they are anx ious to get more phone cal Is
and pul their training to the test.
Young people and parents can call
United Way’s Summer Youth Help Line
at 227-KIDS (5437). Sponsored in part
by a grant from Oregon Outreach, Inc.,
the service operates between 9 a.in. and
3 p.m., Monday through Friday until
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can dancers, a Japanese tea ceremony
and fan dance, Eastern European danc
ers, and many other groups w ill pro
vide entertainment. Throughout the day
there w ill be m ulti-cultural crafts, story
telling, and games fo r children. There
w ill be a raffle with multitudes o f prizes,
and seniors sharing stories o f our neigh
borhood history. Family fun for all ages!
The festival in sponsored, in part,
by self-help seed money from the O re
gon Com m unity Foundation’ s Neigh
borhood Partnership Fund.
stered through 98 local human-service
agencies, are categorized into three areas
o f service, including:
*human development (problem
prevention) programs addressing such
needs as health education, c h ild care
and social development.
•problem solving programs address
ing such issues as homelessness, fam
ily violence and learning disabilities.
•systems support programs address
ing such com m unity needs as volunteer
development, education and govern
ment relations.
“ B y separating services into these
three tracks, we don’ t have child care
competing against adult drug abuse when
it comes to funding, ’ ’ G ould explained.
This year’s fund distribution also
reflects United W ay’ s increasing e ffo rt
to support more preventive programs.
“ In response to com m unity priorities,
w e’ ve shifted more money into the
human development track” said Gould.
“ I f you can help a child get a good start
on life, there w on’ t be a need fo r solv
ing drug abuse or teen pregnancy prob
lems later o n.”
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N eil Goldschmidt w ill speak on
International Trade in the 90’s ITC
Luncheon, co-sponsored by Oregon
Business N etw ork on Thursday, 11:30
A M , July 11, at The Greenwood Inn,
Beaverton. Tickets, reservations or
further inform ation: Sherry Alexander,
774-0090.
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