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Finding Help During Hard Times
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the federal poverty level.
In add itio n to the sta te -sp o n
sored serv ices, there are a n u m
ber o f private n o n -p ro fit o rg a
n iz atio n s av a ila b le to help.
If you are ab o u t to ab o u t to
have y o u r en erg y cu t off, bring
in y o u r utility bill w ith a “ final
n o tic e ” w arning to H um an S o
lu tions and they sh o u ld be able
to help keep th e lig h ts on in
y o ur hom e, according to L auren
R im estad, d ire c to r o f d e v e lo p
m ent fo r the n o n -p ro fit, w ho
d e sc rib e s the p ro g ra m as “ a
q u ic k shot in the a rm .”
F am ilies in ex trem ely d ire
s tra ig h ts and are at risk o f
h o m elessn ess can turn to sh e l
ters run by H um an S olutions.
T h e o rg an iz atio n also o p era tes
a free clo th in g sto re and o ffe rs
training in M icrosoft W ord p ro
gram s.
R im estad adds that her o rg a
n iz atio n , like m any, is feeling
the eco n o m ic cru n ch and m any
o f th e ir p ro g ram s are on a first-
co m e, firs b se rv e basis. ,
O regon D epartm ent o f H u
m an S e rv ic e s s p o k e s p e r s o n
L auri S tew art ex p lain s th at the
rub w ith som e g o v ern m e n t p ro
gram s is that you have to be
“ v irtu ally d e stitu te ” to receiv e
them.
For instance, the federal T em
porary Assistance to Needy Fam i
lies program is only eligible for
people who have almost no money
com ing in, and can only get $528
a m onth for a family o f three.
Participants are also expected to
participate in jo b training.
S tew art said that som e p ro
gram s are intend ed for a very
specific d em o g rap h ic facin g a
p rec ise issue. F o r in stan ce, the
O reg o n H ealth plan o nly c o v
ers se n io rs o v e r 65, the d is
a b le d , p re g n a n t, o r c h ild re n
u n d er 18.
O ffic ia ls say the n u m b er o f
people seeking T em p o rary A s
sistan ce is up abo u t 16 p ercent
from last O ctober, m aking for an
increase o f 2 ,900 m ore O regon
fam ilies. T he nu m b er o f h o u se
holds rec eiv in g food stam p s is
up by ab o u t 13 percen t, help in g
an additional 29,000 fam ilies.
H ow ever, S tew art stresses
that peo p le a re n ’t tak in g aw ay
from other m ore needy individu
als by e n ro llin g in th ese se r
vices. She ex p lain ed that ev e ry
one p ays into th ese pro g ram s
w ith their tax dollars, and people
should think o f them as in su r
ance pro g ram s if they fall on
hard tim es.
Holiday Assistance Numbers
Africa House - 5 0 3 - 8 0 2 - 0 0 8 2 ; ask for S alo m e
Human Solutions, Inc. -- 5 0 3 - 5 4 8 - 0 2 0 0
Allen Temple Emergency Aid Center - 5 0 3 - 2 8 4 - 1 0 1 0
Insights Teen Parent Program, Inc. - 5 0 3 - 2 3 9 - 6 9 9 6
Asian Family Center - 5 0 3 - 2 3 5 - 9 3 9 6
Neighborhood House - 5 0 3 - 2 4 6 - 1 6 6 3
Cascade AIDS Project-Housing Project - 5 0 3 - 2 2 3 - 5 9 0 7
Northeast Emergency Food Program - 5 0 3 - 2 8 4 - 5 4 7 0
Christ Community Ministries - 5 0 3 - 2 8 2 - 7 6 8 3
SEI Community Services -- 5 0 3 - 2 8 5 - 0 4 9 3
Client Choice Grocery Warehouse-PACS - 5 0 3 - 2 5 2 - 8 5 0 0 x l l 8
Salvation Army Moore Street Center - 5 0 3 - 4 9 3 - 3 9 2 7
Community Service Center- Transition Projects -- 5 0 3 - 8 2 3 - 4 9 3 0
Salvation Army Portland Tabernacle - 5 0 3 - 2 3 9 - 1 2 6 4
Crossroads Cupboard - 5 0 3 - 2 5 7 - 9 3 4 5
SnowCap - 5 0 3 - 6 7 4 - 8 7 8 5
Portland Impact - 5 0 3 - 9 8 8 - 6 0 0 0
St. Andrew Emergency Services - 9 7 1 - 2 4 4 - 0 3 3 9
Downtown Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul Parish - 5 0 3 - 2 2 8 - 0 7 4 6
St. Mark's Lutheran Church Food Pantry-- 5 0 3 - 7 7 7 - 1 4 4 3
El Programa Hlspano-Portland - 5 0 3 - 2 3 6 - 9 6 7 0
St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council - 5 0 3 - 2 3 5 - 8 4 3 1
Emergency Food Box Program - 5 0 3 - 2 8 8 - 1 0 5 5
Sunshine Division - 5 0 3 - 8 2 3 - 2 1 2 0
Esther’s Pantry - 5 0 3 - 3 4 9 - 4 6 9 9
Toys and Joy Makers - 5 0 3 - 2 3 1 - 8 6 9 7
Fish Emergency Service - 5 0 3 - 2 3 3 - 5 5 3 3
Union Gospel Mission - 5 0 3 - 2 7 4 - 4 4 8 3
Food Box Ministry - 5 0 3 - 9 1 6 - 4 0 0 9
We Care Food M arket/Food Box Program - 5 0 3 - 2 8 7 - 6 3 4 3
Francis Center - 5 0 3 - 7 7 5 - 6 7 5 4
William Temple House - 5 0 3 - 2 2 6 - 3 0 2 1
Good Samaritan Center of North Portland -- 8 1 6 0 N Jersey Ave.
William Temple House North -- 5 0 3 - 2 8 3 - 3 5 1 1
Helping Hand Emergency Food - 5 0 3 - 2 9 2 - 9 2 9 3
YWCA Homeless Services - 5 0 3 - 7 2 1 - 6 7 6 0
Hope House Food Bank - 5 0 3 - 2 8 2 - 8 9 6 0
President-Elect Builds Team
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and his six new est appointees.
W hile G ates will stay at the P en
tagon, O bam a said the m ilitary’s
new m ission will be “responsibly
ending the war in Iraq through a
successful transition to Iraqi con
trol.”
He said a new ly com pleted
agreem ent between Iraq and the
Bush administration covering U.S.
troops signals “a transition pe
riodin which our mission is chang
ing.” He added: “It indicates we
are now on a glide path to reduce
our forces in Iraq.”
O bam a has now selected half
his Cabinet, including the high-
profile jobs at State, D efense,
Justice and Treasury. A week ago,
he nam ed his econom ic team , led
by T im othy G eithner as treasury
secretary. And soon he plans to
announce New M exico Gov. Bill
Richardson as com m erce secre
tary and form er Senate M ajority
Leader Tom Daschle as health
and hum an services secretary.
O bam a's picks suggest he is
m indful o f his ow n relative inex
perience; m ost o f the appointees
have decades m ore experience in
governm ent than he does as a
form er one-term Illinois senator.
T he selections also reflect his
long-voiced desire to invite di
vergent view points to chart the
best course for the country.
"I assem bled this team because
I'm a strong believer in strong
personalities and strong o pin
ions," he said. "I think that's how
the best decisions are m a d e .... So
I'm going to be w elcom ing a vig
orous debate inside the W hite
H ouse."
"But understand I will be set
tin g policy as p resid en t," he
added. He said he will be respon
sible for "the vision that this team
carries out, and I expect them to
im plem ent that vision once deci
sions are made."
Q uoting H arry S. T rum an,
O bam a said: "The buck will stop
Times are hard and money is tight. The follow
ing numbers may provide some much needed
help. For a more extensive list, call 211.
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with me.'
"The tim e has com e for a new
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can leadership to overcom e the
challenges o f the 21st century,"
O bam a said.
Clinton will give up her seat as
a senator from New York to join
the Cabinet. H erappointm ent was
preceded by lengthy negotiations
involving her husband, the former
president, w hose international
business connections posed po
tential conflicts o f interests.
Holder, a former Justice Depart
ment official in theClinton admin-
istration, led Obama's vice presi
dential search, while Rice was his
top foreign policy adviser. Jones,
meanwhile, advised both Obama
and Republican presidential nomi
nee John McCain during the cam
paign on national security issues.
Last year he led a commission that
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training Iraqi security forces.
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