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Dress For Success Oregon
Helping Women Help Themselves
MISSION
D ress for S u ccess O regon
(DSOR) is a non-profit agency
whose mission is to provide inter
view appropriate clothing to low-
income women seeking employ
ment? The clothing is a symbol of
our faith in women’s ability to suc
ceed. Our services are available at
no charge and by referral only from
member organizations including
women’s shelters, homeless shel
ters, job training programs and in
carcerated women's programs.
THE PROBLEM
IMAGINE. You have an impor
tant job interview, but nothing to
wear. This is the sad reality for
many low-income women who have
all the tools to get the job-except the
interview o u tfit. L ow -incom e
women seeking employment face a
nasty catch-22: if they don’t have
the appropriate clothing for an in
terview, they will not be hired, but
without the job, they can’t afford
the clothes. How can you pull your
self up from your bootstraps if you
don’t own boots?
SERVICES
The clientele of DSOR will in
clude a diverse group o f women from
throughout the Portland metropolitan
area. Job train
ing as social ser
vices agencies
will refer all cli
ents. So far, our
member organi
zations include
C la c k a m a s
CommunityCol-
lege-Life and
Career Options,
E m p lo y m e n t
County Aging
and Disability
Services, O r
egon Vocational
Rehabilitation,
Protem Founda
tion and Steps to
Success.
To m ake
certain our cli
en ts receiv e
Photo: John Kilckor Photo
personal atten Israel Ireland models an outfit she pleked-out at Sears for Fashion Takes Action. Israel is a client
tion and leave of Dress For Success Portland Office.
our office with
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ORGANIZATION
increased self-confidence, each cli
smallbusinessandgovernment. Karen
DSOR
is
a
newly
formed
Oregon
ent will meet one-on-one with a
has over 15 years experience working
non-profit
corporation,
located
in
trained volunteer at an appointed
for non-profits as a fundraiser and
northwest
Portland,
founded
by
Bar
time. We will provide one outfit for
special event coordinator, as well as
bara
Attridge
and
Karen
Fishel,
as
co
job interviews, and additional outfit
serving on several non-profit boards
directors in June 1998. Barbara has
upon job confirmation at no charge
including the March for Dimes.
over 20 years experience in business
to the client or member organization.
Multnomah County Wins Federal Grant
A three-year $2,250,000 federal
grant will allow Multnomah County
to provide more services in more
locations for youth with substance
abuse problems. The C ounty’s De
partment o f Community and Fam
ily Services (DCFS) will adminis
ter the grant. The County will re
ceive $750,000 per year for three
years, starting in 1999.
Multnomah County is one o f forty
recipients o f grants from the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration’' (SAMHSA) Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment.
SAMHSA is a part of the U.S. Depart
ment of Health and Human Services.
“We are honored that SAMHSA
will fund our program," said Lolenzo
Poe, Director o f the County’s De
partment o f Community and Family
Services. “This grant will allow us to
better collaborate with staff in the
County’s Health and Community
Justice Departments to serve youth
i
with substance abuse problems.”
The grant will focus on youth
between the ages o f 11 and 18 who
have two or more diagnosable disor
ders, one o f which is substance abuse.
Currently, the treatment system is
unable to provide needed services to
assure youth are referred and remain
in treatment. The grant enhances the
current treatment delivery system.
C ross-trained sta ff from the
County ’ s behavioral Health Division,
Alcohol and Drug Assessment and
Referral Program will be outstationed
at three juvenile probation offices
and thirteen school-based health clin
ics. Staff will link current health and
medical services with mental health
and alcohol and other drug assess
ments at each location.
Approximately $250,000 per year
o f the grant funds will be spent to
expand the treatment capacity o f ex
isting youth substance abuse and
mental health providers. Youth who
are diagnosed with substance abuse
problems will enter a service track
designed to move them quickly from
assessment to treatment. Services
include case management by assess
ment team members and treatment
by providers with expertise in pro
viding effective substance abuse ser
vices to youth with other diagnos
able disorders such as health prob
lems or mental health disorders.
The grant targets services to youth
whose families cannot pay for ser
vices due to lack of insurance, under
insurance, lack o f ability or knowl
edge to coordinate benefits, or an
inability to pay service co-payments.
“This grant will be especially help
ful for working families with low
incomes who may not qualify for the
Oregon Health Plan,” said Floyd
Martinez. Director o f the DCFS Be
havioral Health Division. “Many
families move in and out of insur
ance eligibility due to fluctuating in
come or a lack of ability to pay pre
miums. This grant will allow youth in
these families to receive quicker di
agnosis and treatment.”
For more information, contact the
grant’s Project Coordinator, Jim
Peterson, at Multnomah County De
partment of Community and Family
Services, phone (503) 248-5464,
extension 26436.
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