July 12, 2000 Page B3 ŒTi e ÿtorihu tô (Dbseruer 1 M etro/ Religion HUD “Best Practices” goes to EMO’s Shared Housing for Innovative use o f Existing Housing Ularyesha cijau-ha beautified the w o ild ; cljo u add a unique flare to a ll you survey, CONTRIBUTED STORY eub T he P ortland O bserver A program that matches people who need homes with people who need assistance in their homes - Ecumenical Ministries ofO regon’s Shared Housing Program - is one o f 18 Northwest area winners o f the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development “best practices” award. The award, according to the Oregon’s HUD office, was made because o f the program’s innovative approach to the housing shortage in the Portland area. Shared Housing serves people in Clackamas, Washington, Clark and Multnomah counties. In a metro region with a growing shortage o f affordable housing, “the only solution is to make more effective use o f existing housing stock,” said Lowen Berman, who directed Shared Housing for the past two years. By installing and fine-tuning a new computer program, modifying policies and procedures, and substantially increasing outreach, Shared Housing staff members have increased the number o f home share matches from an average o f six per month two years ago to a current average o f 25 per month. Berman and Laura Baumeister, who has worked with Berman during the past year and who takes over as program manager this month, believe in customer service. They work hard to ensure that Shared Housing partic ipants are served promptly and treated with respect. A list o f potential home share matches, for example, is generated immediately after a person has completed a home share application. Recently Shared Housing has reached statewide by assisting in the establishment o f a home-share program in Eugene. EMO also provides another kind ofcooperative home share by handling the financial administration for approximately 45 Oxford Houses in the Portland metro area and an additional 25 elsewhere in the state. Oxford Houses are self-run, self-supporting homes for people in recovery from addictions. The Shared Housing program is currently applying for funding to help establish new recovery homes across the state, some that will Briefs become Oxford Houses and some that will be other models ofcom m unity home living. “W e’re excited about furthering our role as a statewide program,” said Baumeister. “We also look forward to giving the technical assistance to other groups so they can get off the ground.” In August, Shared Housing will partner with the Hispanic A ccess Center o f the Oregon Human Development Corporation (OHDC) to sublet a house to five low-income Hispanic men. The men will run the home themselves and pay their rent through a membership fee. This arrangement will help meet the needs o f a growing number o f Hispanic men who, according to the Hispanic Access Center, are employed but unable to obtain housing. Shared Housing will establish the procedures for addressing household financial needs, assist in establishing w eekly house meetings, and provide a life skills forum that includes budgeting and money management. Shared Housing hopes that this model ofcommunity cooperative housing will lead to the establishment o f additional community cooperative households for other populations o f Oregonians who face common challenges in finding affordable housing. In July, Shared Housing will also begin working with Interfaith Caregivers o f East Multnomah County. Shared Housing will provide the interfaith group with its software and will train the group’s staff how to use the software to offer opportunities to their volunteers, and Shared Housing will expand its pool o f potential home providers in the Gresham area. “We don’t give housing to people as much as facilitate their use o f their own energy, wisdom and creativity to solve their own needs as they see them,” said Berman. “We leverage a little bit o f public funding to allow them to solve their own problems.” Shared Housing is located at 1819 NW Everett in Portland. It is a program o f EMO, a statewide association o f 15 Christian denominations including Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant religious bodies that work together to improve the lives ofOregonians. For more information about Shared Housing, call Laura Baumeister at (503) 225-9924. HMOMMMMM Exciting Event Returns To North Portland On July 22nd, 1-4 p.m. The PROPER Event’s 2nd annual community festival at Kenton Park: nonstop live music and performance arts with poetry, storytelling, drama and dance. Featuring Celebration T abernacle, W AVE Production, Paradigm; North Portland Music Academy; Das PHAT Ministries; Master Choi’s Taekwondo Y Karate, Theatron Productions; the Drama Queens ofProject Network; Bethesda C hristian Church Senior Choir; Imagen Latina, and Van Jackson. Enjoy food, fun and new friends with gam es and p riz e s. E sta b lish relationships through the information alley (spiritual, financial, legal, mental healthcare and educational booths). This festival’s got something for everyone and it’s free. See you there! Kenton Park is on bus line 4, North Portland off o f Denver Avenue and Cletus Moore from page 1 Managers more accountable for their area ofexpertise,” Moore said. Examples o f areas o f responsibility for about 20 o f these managers include Student Services, the Registrar’s Office and Sports. In addition to his post at Warner-Pacific, Moore is also an elected member of the Board o f Directors for Mount Hood Community College, where he serves on the Budget Committee and a Task Force for reviewing Management Salaries. He will also be involved in a Search Committee to find a successor to current MHCC President Joel Vela, who will be leaving Sept. 30. The community leader is also active as a Board Member o f The Morrison Center, a community service organization with a wide range o f activities including a Children’s Family Center which deals with both teen and adult family problems. He is also involved with the Rosemont School for Girls, which helps young ladies between 12 and 18 encountering personal problems such as being molested by family members as well as the more positive aspects o f helping families and working with parents. In addition to his work with children and families, Moore is also a member of the Board o f Directors for Downtown Community Housing, Inc. which aims to provide low-income housing in the heart o f the city. Major accomplishments o f this group include Alder House, a six story house at 13th and Southwest Alder which provides low-income housing for single adults. Another house run by the same group is Kearney House, located at Northwest 20th and Keamey, a multi-family unit specifically geared to low- income families. The facility has 6 stories o f very up-to date, modem facilities. Other extracurricular activities include participating in the Roseway Lions Club and the Oregon Taxpayer’s Association, which lobbies on behalf o f Oregon taxpayers. The organization is also linked via internet to other tax advocacy organization around Oregon through the site: oregonwatchdog.com. Moore is married with two children from aprevious marriage. His wife Phyllis works as an Office Manager for a tax consultant. His daughter Jennifer graduated last year with a B.S. in Biotechnology from Chico State University in Chico, Calif. She is now married and lives in San Francisco, and the couple have had a 5-year-old girl. His son Christopher recently was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps, and now lives in the Seattle area. Moore currently attends the First Baptist Church He a singer with a three-and-a-half octave range, from tenor to first bass. Local productions he has taken part in include My Fair Lady, The Merry W 'dow, Hello Dolly, and Beauty and the Beast. He has acted and sang in the Gallery Player’s Production o f A Three Act Play, Condensed, By Mozart. Kilpatrick Street, across from Kenton Station Post Office. S pecial Services Sum m er Special summer services are every Friday afternoon at 4:00 pm located at T he C hurch o f S cientology q f Portland, 2636 NE Sandy Blvd. The Sermon topics for July 21 is " Goals of Man, and on July 28 is" Clean Hands Make a Happy Life. " All are welcome, formore information call 503.963.8121. ^IJuui accomplishments milk be le m a ih u b le . y o u i ye title s id e , you have tamedudiat othersfear. cWith you^explosive side, the fierceness^ m ill open those close doors Qljo u ha ve many yifts from c^ o d and he trusted me loith you. dlluch (.fo v e to- you: Hlaryesha ‘7 ¿ A llert- flrch m a n d cfonyratulatiuns illy Nearest drotn dilonv, Qjad, ffr o th e r , ’g ra n d m o th er ¿And fa m ily ^fure, 2000 Obituary Advertise in