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February 6, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A Clatsop County homeless connected at annual event By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group More than 100 of Clat- sop County’s homeless and near homeless popu- lation wove through rows of service booths set up in the Seaside Civic and Convention Center Jan.29 for the sixth annual Project Homeless Connect. Volunteers for Home- less Connect, sponsored by the nonpro¿t Clatsop Community Action, guid- ed each person through color-coordinated areas of the convention center. Red-colored booths were for health services; yellow booths were for family and education; green was for housing, employment, identi¿ca- tion, legal and transporta- tion assistance; blue was for food and haircuts. A to- tal of 52 agencies attended the event. Tony DeGoede, Clat- sop Community Action staff member, said the event traditionally attracts about 200 homeless peo- ple each year. Having half that number this year is actually a positive sign for the community, DeGoede said. “Our goal is to reduce the numbers,” he said. The attendance at Homeless Connect is still a fraction of the local homeless population. In 2014, Clatsop Coun- ty recorded 638 homeless families and 1,038 indi- viduals. Records show 321 JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO People are led by yellow-shirt clad volunteers as they visit booths in the housing and employment section of the Project Homeless Connect event in Seaside Jan. 29. More than 100 people came to the event, down from 200 last year. JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO Kallie Linder, from Salon Boheme, cuts Mark Jenkin’s hair during the Project Homeless Con- nect event at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. Services at the Jan. 29 event included free health checks, haircuts, help with housing and obtaining identification, such as birth certificates. people were under the age of 18. CCA is conducting its annual homeless count for this year. The results are expected to be released by April. Homelessness includes people living with others due to losing their own housing and are “doubled up,” which has become more common among the county’s youth. Of all the services of- fered, DeGoede said, the most popular is, of course, housing services. However, most of the housing services could only offer waiting lists The Seaside Signal is published every other week by EO Media Group, 1555 N. Roosevelt, Seaside Oregon 97138. 503-738-5561. www.seasidesignal.com PUBLISHER CIRCULATION MANAGER EDITOR SYSTEMS MANAGER REPORTER CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Steve Forrester Letter policy The Seaside Signal welcomes letters to the editor. The deadline is noon Monday prior to publication. Letters must be 400 words or less and must be signed by the author and include a phone number for YHUL¿FDWLRQ :H DOVR UHTXHVW that submissions be limited to one letter per month. Send to 1555 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, OR 97138, drop them off at 1555 N. 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