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Worship Services:
Sundays: Church School— 9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship— 10:00 A.M.
Seminars: Bible Themes— Wednesdays— 7:00 P.M.
“God The Father”; “God The Son”; and “ God The Holy Spirit’
Bishop Hodge and Congregation invite you to
join us at our appointment with Jesus.
We Reach, Teach, & Preach in Jesus’ name!!!
July 14. 2010
is facing an unexpected $577 million
b udg et sh o rtfa ll. G ov. Ted
Kulongoski, using his executive
power, ordered 9 percent across the
board cuts, which will slash ser
vices for vulnerable citizens just
when they need them the most.
State officials are still determin
ing how the cuts will be implemented,
while legislative leaders are hoping
for an infusion o f cash from the
federal government.
Teachers will be laid off, and se
niors and families with disabled
members will lose in-home care from
the Oregon Department o f Human
Services. There will also be other
cuts as well.
Cuts to the Oregon Housing and
Community Services Department
will mean that programs aimed at
staving off homelessness and hun
ger will be deprived ofbadly needed
funding.
Under the cuts, the department
will lose $382,179 for its homeless
assistance program meaning that
31,158 people will not get help find
ing shelter.
Lisa Joyce, spokesperson for the
department, said that the program
funds county shelters and non-prof
its fighting homelessness, as well
as providing hotel vouchers for
needy families. Funding for shelters
has remained flat for years, said
Joyce, and the cuts will come at a
time when Oregon is experiencing a
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surge in homelessness.
Also on the chopping block is
state funding for the Oregon Food
Bank, which runs a statewide net
work o f food pantries. The budget
cuts will mean $95,169 less for the
OFB, which will now have to find
other money to buy about 275,000
pounds o f bulk staples like beans,
rice, and oatmeal.
“It’s very hard to know how much
that will affect us,” said Rachel
Bristol, the CEO o f the OFB. She
said that her organization is looking
for funding elsewhere, and added
that she’s seen more newly-impov
erished people rely on it for help.
She also expects cuts elsewhere in
the state budget to funnel more
people to the OFB.
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