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News B lu e Moun t a in E ag l e A9 rnm en t s , s a id Bob E s t ab rook , I t ’ s a l so po s s ib l e th a t a s - e e sp e r son fo r th e ag en cy . s i s t an c e fund ing cou ld b e spok ob t a in ed th rough th e F ed e r - D ep end s on d i sa s t e r a l Em e rg en cy M an ag em en t d e c la ra t ion By Ma t eu s z P e rkow sk i C ap i t a l Bu r e au SALEM — A l though Gov . K a t e B rown s a id th e s t a t e w i l l do ev e ry th ing i t c an to m ak e su r e v i c t im s o f th e C anyon c l a r ed a f ed e r a l d i s a s t e r , s a id Coop e r o f N e ighbo r Imp a c t . How ev e r , th a t ’ s un l ik e - ly to h app en un l e s s an ev en t d i sp l a c e s l a rg e numb e r s o f p eop l e , Coop e r s a id . “W i ld - too l s , r e sou r c e s and know l - edg e th ey n e ed to r ebu i ld , th e s t a t e c an p rov id e l i t t l e in th e w ay o f d i r e c t a id . Th e s t a t e ’ s on ly a id p ro - l i e f p rog r am — h a s s t r i c t in - com e re s t r ic t ion s tha t w i l l exc lude a l l bu t the poo re s t o f app l ican t s . Ea r l ie r th i s yea r , s ta te lawmake r s pa s sed a b i l l tha t ded ica ted $50 ,000 in f inanc ia l a s s i s tance to ve ry low - income re s iden t s who lo se the i r p r ima ry home s to w i ld f i re , w i th c la im s l im i ted to $5 ,000 pe r hou seho ld . T o qua l i fy fo r the p ro - g ram , a hou seho ld ’ s income mu s t be 25 pe rcen t be low the fede ra l pove r ty leve l . Fo r examp le , a hou seho ld o f fou r wou ld have to ea rn $18 ,188 o r le s s pe r yea r to be e l ig ib le . O rgan iza t ion s tha t se rve needy O regon ian s in the f i re a rea expec t tha t the c r i te - r ia w i l l l ike ly p reven t some homeowne r s f rom ge t t ing he lp f rom the p rog ram . “The re de f in i te ly a re peop le w i th in tha t income bracke t , bu t the re a re mo re peop le tha t need he lp a l so ,” sa id Ma rga re t Dav id son , ex - ecu t ive d i rec to r o f Commu - n i ty Connec t ion o f No r th - ea s t O regon , an agency tha t se rve s G ran t Coun ty . W edn e sd ay , S ep t emb e r 9 , 2015 Geo rge P la ven /EO Med ia G roup Gov . Ka te B rown v is i ted the Inc iden t Command Cen te r o f the Canyon C reek Comp lex f i re in John Day . Wh i le B rown says the s ta te w i l l he lp connec t v ic t ims w i th resou rces to he lp them rebu i ld , the on ly s ta te p rog ram tha t p rov ides d i rec t a id has s t r ic t income requ i remen ts . When the o rgan iza t ion lea rned o f the p rog ram , “W e though t , ‘Th i s i s go ing to ex - c lude a lo t o f peop le , ’” she sa id . The $50 ,000 a l loca ted to the p rog r am m ay no t b e su f - v id son s a id . S ta t e cou ld sh i f t mon ey I t i s po s s ib l e fo r O r egon Hou s ing and Commun i ty S e rv i c e s , wh i ch adm in i s t e r s th e p rog r am , to sh i f t mon ey f rom o th e r p a r t s o f i t s budg e t n e c e s s a ry , s a id R em N iv en s , a s s i s t an t d i r e c to r o f pub l i c a f f a i r s fo r th e ag en cy . Th e p rog r am i s a im ed a t So r t ing ou t fund ing fo r r e - p a i r s to ro ad s and o th e r in f r a - s t ru c tu r e w i l l h av e to w a i t un t i l D av e Thomp son , spok e sm an f fo r th e O r egon D ep a r tm en t o T r an spo r t a t ion . Ex a c t ly how mu ch s t a t e and l ev e l . ” ed e r a l mon ey i s u s ed to r ep a i r M e l i s s a N av a s , a spok e s - f ighw ay s and coun ty ro ad s w i l l wom an fo r B rown , s a id s t a t e h ag en c i e s w i l l p a r tn e r w i th e c l a r ed a d i s a s t e r by th e f ed e r - in s t i tu t ion s su ch a s th e Am e r - d l gov e rnm en t , h e s a id . i c an R ed C ro s s to h e lp r e s i - a R igh t now , th e fo cu s i s on d en t s who h av e lo s t hom e s . “Th e gov e rno r i s u t i l i z - iv e s , Thomp son s a id . “Qu i t e ing ex i s t ing s t a f f and s t ru c - l f r ank ly , th e fund ing th ing w e ’ l l r ry abou t l a t e r . ” a s R eg ion a l So lu t ion s and wo Th e C anyon C r e ek Com - Con s t i tu en t S e rv i c e s , to fo s - t e r co l l abo r a t ion b e tw e en t ru c t ion to hom e s in O r egon s t a t e ag en c i e s and lo c a l gov - s an any b l a z e in r e c en t h i s to ry , e rnm en t s , ” N av a s s a id in an th a id R i ch Hoov e r , commun i - em a i l . “Th i s w i l l conn e c t s ty l i a i son fo r th e O r egon S t a t e sou r c e s and d ev e lop s t r a t eg i e s So f a r , rough ly 50 hom e s to a s s i s t th em . ” av e b e en d e s t roy ed by th e Wh i l e th e O r egon R ev e - h nu e D ep a r tm en t do e sn ’ t h av e Som e wan t ed mo r e mon ey R ep . M ik e M cL an e , s a id S co t t Coop e r , ex e cu t iv e -Pow e l l Bu t t e , o r ig in a l ly d i r e c to r o f N e ighbo r Imp a c t , R w an t ed to d evo t e $200 ,000 to O r egon . e l i e f p rog r am , bu t th e amoun t “ I t ’ s $5 ,000 m ax , so i t ’ s r a s s c a l ed b a ck by l eg i s l a t iv e no t go ing to r ebu i ld you r w e ad e r s , s a id K a r a W a lk e r , h i s hou s e . 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