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Albertina Kerr Centers Accommodate More Youth at Risk
As part o f its o n -going m is
sion to pro v id e m ental health
and b eh avioral reh a b ilita tiv e
s e rv ic e s fo r a t-ris k y o u th ,
A lb e rtin a K err C e n te rs r e
cently opened a new , 6-bed
sub-acute unit.
“ The sub -acu te program is
an a lte rn a tiv e to p sy ch iatric
h o sp ita liz atio n and provides a
safe and secure place for c h il
dren to w ork w ith th eir fam i
lies to resolve a severe m ental
health c ris is ,” states M arcia
H ille, V ice P resident o f K err
Y outh and Fam ily Services.
“ T he program provides either
a hospital div ersio n capability
or a safe place w here c h il
dren can co n tin u e treatm ent
a fte r re c e iv in g a sse ssm e n t
serv ices in a p sy ch iatric hos
pital p ro g ra m .”
C u rrently, A lbertina K err
C enters op erates a sub-acute
program for boys ages 6-17
w ho pose a danger to th em
A lbertina Kerr C enters built
a new , state-o f-th e-art facil-
ity in 1998 and has already
served hundreds o f ch ild ren ,
adolescents and their fam ilies.
selves or others.
A lready in effect, A lbertina
K err C enters will accept re
ferrals for fem ales ages 6-17
for this program to m eet the
large need identified in the
com m unity by public and p ri
vate m ental health o rg an iz a
tions.
The facility is designed to pro-
vide a high level o f safety and
security while offering individual
bedrooms and a comfortable liv-
ing environment for residents.
Congratulations to Portland’s Scholars
w o area students are receiving
special recognition from national
organizations.
T he N ational A ssociation o f Black
J o u rn a lis ts ,
w h o se
m is
sion is to strengthen ties among African-
American journalists, will award a scholar
ship to David Solano o f Portland at their 26lh
annual convention on Aug. 22-26 in Orlando,
Florida.
Solano, 24, most recently was a sports
writer for PSU’s daily newspaper, “The
Vanguard.”
Iyorrna A. St. Gerard, a junior at Benson
High School, was nominated to be included in
the 35lh Annual Edition o f “ W ho’s Who
Am ong American High School Students".
Gerard was recognized for her outstand
ing academic achievement and community
involvement.
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David Solano
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Applying for Food Stamps Made Easier
Access to food assistance has
become easier for thousands o f low-
income Oregonians with the state
wide introduction o f a new, two-page
application for the Food Stamp Pro
gram. As o f last month, all Adult and
Family Services offices are now us
ing a new two-page application for
people requesting food stamps or
daycare assistance. This replaces the
and anti-hunger advocates, includ
ing the O regon Law C enter, O r
egon Food Bank, O regon Action
and the O regon H unger R elief Task
Force.
The new application reduces the
am ount o f paperw ork that appli
cants must com plete to access food
assistance. The sim plified process
has been successfully tested in
longer, ten-page application previ
ously needed to apply for all AFS
program s.
E xcessive paperw ork is cited
most often by anti-hunger advo
cates as a barrier in accessing food
stamps. The shortened application
was produced in an atm osphere ot
activism and response, through a
collaborative effort betw een AFS
PCC Summer
Enrollment Jumps
P ortland C om m unity C ollege
opened its summer term last month
with a 13.8 percent growth in its full
time equivalent student’s numbers.
The increase in headcount (individual
students) is 11.6 percent, bringing
almost 2,000 more students to the
college this summer than in 2000.
The increase can be attributed to a
värity o f factors, according to Susan
Bach, director o f PCC’s Institutional
Research Department - the growth in
the metropolitan area, the need for
education and training due to the dip
in the economy, the affordability of
the community college, plus, the in
creased o ffering o f com pressed
courses this summer allows students
to take a year's course work in one
subject in the summer, from languages
to economics, mathematics and more.
Another force that may translate
to m ore students, particularly col
lege-transfer, is the recent dual en
rollm ent program s that give stu
dents the opportunity to be en
rolled both at PCC and at PSU, OSU
or OIT. The new program allows
access to both schools with one
application.
every year, but tuition for resident un
dergraduates has stayed the same since
1997. Paired with increasing fees, resi
dent undergraduates could expect to
pay 5 percent to 9 percent more for their
classes in September.
Tuition and fees for resident under
graduates in the 2000-01 school year
ranged from $3,819 at the University of
Oregon to $3,342 at Western Oregon
University. That could change to
$4,071 at UO and $3,660 at Western
Oregon.
University officials said a 4 percent
tuition increase was reasonable, al
though the schools are concerned
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several AFS offices over the past
eight m onths. Several state and
county agencies are also distribut
ing the new application as a com
munity resource for clientele.
People wanting more information
about food stamps can call Oregon
SafeNet, a health and human service
hotline, Monday through Friday, at
l-800-SAFENET(723-3638).
Tuition Hike Proposed in Oregon
( AP) - Oregon college students may
have to dig deeper into their pockets to
pay for school this September if the
state Board o f Higher Education ap
proves a proposed 4 percent tuition
hike. The state’s seven public univer
sities submitted their proposals for
2001-02 tuition and fees to the
chancellor’s office recently. Oregon
University System officials expect the
proposal to pass. The board had ap
proved the possibility o f a 5 percent
inert ase, but the 2001 Legislature
capped tuition increases at 4 percent
this fall and 3 percent in 2002-03.
"My guess is that there will be few,
if any, surprises, and ifthere are, w e’ll
challenge them and ask for both ratio
nale and sensibility,” said board Presi
dent Don VanLuvanee. “But I don’t
expect anything that we haven’t al
ready foreseen.” Fees have gone up
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about keeping education affordable
forstudents. "Wewillimplementsome
increased amount o f scholarship aid
for those who are neediest,” said Rob
Specter, vice president at Oregon State
University. O SU’s proposed tuition
and fees could jump 9 percent from last
year to $3,987 this fall.
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