October 11, 2000
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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 .
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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. Its
m ission is to “ help accelerate the
r e d e v e lo p m e n t o f n o rth and
n o rth east P ortland, and to w ork
to ensure th at low to m oderate
incom e in d iv id u a ls and sm all
business ow ners share in the eco
nom ic u p tu rn .”
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