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October 11, 2000 Page A8 ¡Tlje ^Jortlanò (fib semer Center Opens to Help Youth Gain Skills, Employment New Partnership Includes SEI, Area Schools and Youth Services Consortium Worksystems Inc. will host a grand opening next week for its new North east Portland youth center designed to help young people attain market able job skills and gainful employ ment. The Youth Opportunity Center grand opening will be held at 4 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the center, located at 3034 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd. The theme o f the grand opening is “Y outh Opportunity: School + Skills = Suc cess.” The event is open to the public. this city and this n a tio n ." Stall members o f the Youth Op portunity Center will work w ith youth between ages 14-21. The young people can be re ferred to the c e n te r by th e ir sch o o ls, com m unity ag en cies, or they can com e into the cen ter w ith o u t b e in g r e f e r r e d , sa id A lescia B lakely, the c e n te r’s pro gram assistan t. The sta ff w ill w ork one-on-one with youth to create tailored plans for lo ng-term em ploym ent. The G u e st sp e a k e rs in c lu d e L o ren zo H a rriso n , d ire c to r o f Y o u th S ervices for the D e p a rt m ent o f L ab o r’s E m ploym ent and T rain in g D ivision; M ayor V era K atz; and M ultnom ah C ounty C om m issioner Serena Cruz. C ruz said the Y outh O p p o rtu n ity C e n te r is a vital program . “ T he yo u th are c ritic a l our fu tu re ,” C ruz said. “ T heir ability to a tta in the necessary jo b skills, train in g and em ploym ent is d i rectly linked to the success o f plans w ould include ob tain in g a degree, building skills, jo b train ing, in tern sh ip s and jo b p la c e ment. In a d d itio n , the cen ter will also o ffe r m entoring, tutoring, lead ersh ip train in g , com m unity service and recreatio n al o p p o r tunities. The center is a partnership that includes W orksystem s Inc., Port land Public S chools, S e lf-E n hancem ent Inc., P ortland C om m unity C ollege and Y outh S er vices C onsortium . lì oa Albina Bank Cited For Community Lending A lbina C om m unity B ank is the recipient o f a $ 171,217 aw ard from the U .S. T reasu ry D e p a rtm e n t’s C om m unity D evelopm ent F in a n cial In stitu tio n ’s Fund. T he A w ard is in re c o g n itio n o f the B a n k ’s len d in g effo rts in n o rth east P ortland. A lb in a C o m m unity Bank m ade loans totalin g m ore that $5.8 m illion to b o rro w ers in low to m o d erate-in co m e neighborhoods o f n o rth east P o rt land in the first six m onths o f this year. T he loans fin an ced sm all Who Will Take Care Of Our Parents? B, R oger A uerbach More than 300,000 Oregonians serve as caregivers to family mem bers or friends, according to a na tional survey conducted in 1999. Family caregivers assume many dif ferent roles in different settings They may help a loved one with cooking, clean in g or b ath in g needs. A caregiver might help with shopping or transportation, or simply spend time with the person. Without these family supports, many elders could no longer live at home and would have to move to an institutionalized setting. A combination o f love for the fam ily member and the economic reality o f hiring a caregiver motivates most family caregivers. Many families find that caregiving adds a rewarding di mension to their relationship with the family member. But caregiving can also be very stressful. Long distance caregiving can cause great anxiety, as the caregiver wonders about the amount and quality ofcare given to the family member. .An additional challenge is the need to leam about complex medical, fi nancial and legal issues. U nfortu nately, most o f us are not prepared to assume this huge and important re sponsibility. As we face an unprecedented surge in the growth o f the elder and dis abled population in Oregon, we pre pare our com m unity to be m ore in formed caregivers. Medical advances will make it possible for us to live longer, but with chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s dis ease more likely to affect the elderly. T he re s p o n s ib ility o f fa m ily caregiving will increase. O regon’s S enior and D isabled Services D ivision is taking a m ajor role in preparing O regonians for this life-changing experience. As thousands o f our citizens assum e caregiving re sp o n sib ilitie s each year, we m ust provide informational resources and program s to m ake family caregiving a positive experi enee. is part o f O regon’s caregiving itive, we are co-sponsoring with ;on Public Broadcasting and the thwest O steo p ath ic M edical idation, a two-hour television imentary on caregiving, rowing Up And Growing Old: , Will We Care For Our Parents, oe shown on OPB today from 8- i.m. This show follows four Or- n fam ilies as th ey ad d ress giving challenges in their lives, anel o f elder care experts will uss the families situation and ver questions from a studio audi- e. rhe show will be rebroadcast on iday at 1 p.m. the C D FI has re c o g n iz e d ou r e f forts and is stepping forw ard with m eaningful su p p o rt.” “A lbina Com m unity Bank was esta b lish e d to a c c e lera te the re d ev elo p m en t o f north and n o rth east P o rtlan d by pro v id in g a va riety o f financial services to fam i lies and b u sin e sse s in our n e ig h b o r h o o d ,” s a id M ic h a e l H en d erso n , C h airm an o f A lbina C om m unity Bank. “ W e are co m m itted to providing loans to small b u sin e sse s in o u r co m m unity, particularly w om an and m inority- b u sin esses, com m ercial and re si d en tial real estate developm ent and fam ily needs. This reflects an in crease o f m ore than $3 m illion in loans o v e r the sam e period in 1999. “ W e are very p le a se d to re ceiv e this a w a rd ,” said R obert M cK ean, P resident and C E O o f A lb ina C om m unity B ank. “The aw ard is sig n ific a n t that it su p ports specific loans and program s that we have u n d ertak en o v er the last year. T here is fin a n c ia l risk in v o lved in these v e n tu re s, and ow ned b u sin esses, and to p ro viding m ortgage loans for a ffo rd able housing and support for re h a b ilita tio n o f our serv ice a re a .” A lbina C om m unity B ank, a w h o lly o w n e d s u b s id ia r y o f A lb in a C o m m u n ity B a n c o rp , opened in 1995 as a CD FI. 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