Program Descriptions

Income

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
Emergency Assistance Program –Promote self-sufficiency and prevents homelessness through emergency financial assistance—including rental and utility—for families and individuals.

Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
HOME Youth & Resource Center – Meals, clothing, employment training and entry level job experience, leadership and community services opportunities, tutoring, support groups and referrals to community resources for homeless youth.

Northwest Human Services
Homeless Outreach & Advocacy Project – Assistance in the form of payee services for the homeless and those who suffer from chronic and persistent mental illnesses.

St. Vincent de Paul, Yamhill County
Rental Assistance – Short-term assistance in the form of basic living requirements for low-income families, the mentally and physically disabled, children, senior and the homeless. Including but not limited to food, rent and/or utilities.

Salvation Army of Marion & Polk Counties
Lighthouse Lodge Shelter – Shelter, meals, outcome-based case management, life-skills instruction and job training, referrals to community resources, transportation, and housing assistance for the homeless.

Yamhill Community Action Partnership
Transitional Shelter Program – Shelter services for individuals—primarily women and children—who have no income. Direct assistance with income, education, and housing.

YWCA of Salem
Salem Outreach Shelter – Long-term transitional housing for families with no-to-low income. Assistance with action plans to establish permanent or stable housing and financial self-sufficiency.

Education

Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
Afterschool & Summer Enrichment Programs – Tutoring and mentoring opportunities for children in farmworker housing communities for the purpose of promoting academic success.

Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
Family Literacy – A pro-active Latino dropout prevention program that engages parents, schools and children as partners in education. Specifically dedicated to children 10 and younger who are learning to read and write and want to improve skills.

Human Services Research Institute, Juntos Podemos Family Center
Family Support/Parent Education – Case management/family support planning, educational/parent support opportunities and referral services for Latino families of children with developmental disabilities.

Jefferson Youth Connect
Elementary & Middle School after-school Programs – After-school programs providing homework help, computer lab, crafts, games, social recreation, and hobby and skill building classes.

Mano a Mano
Youth Empowerment Project – Provides culturally specific programming including leadership activities, tutoring, health/wellness activities and supervised recreational activities for Latino youth ages 12-19. Designed to build resiliency skills, positive identity and self esteem.

Mid-Valley Literacy Center
Literacy Center – Dedicated to the expansion of literacy programs for adult learners; to increase educational and vocational opportunities for families.

Mid-Valley Mentors
Juvenile Enrichment through Mentoring – Provides mentoring for youth ages 4-19 who have a parent who is incarcerated and/or are under the supervision of the juvenile justice system.

Salem-Keizer Youth Basketball
SKYBALL – Supports youth by providing a positive environment for middle school students to play basketball. Students learn healthy behavior and respect for others while developing positive self-esteem, and engaging in good sportsmanship.

Health

Faith in Action
Strong for Life – Weekly fitness classes for seniors, which aids in increased functioning and overall physical fitness, better management of health-related issues; and a decrease in isolation.

Faith in Action
Volunteer Caregivers – Assistance with transportation, housekeeping, shopping, respite care, yard work, home repair, and library book delivery for seniors who choose to remain independent and living at home.

Easter Seals Children’s Therapy Center
Sponsor a Child for Therapy – Financial support for uninsured or underinsured children ages 0-18 to receive mental health, medical rehabilitation, and prevention services through Easter Seals’ Children’s Therapy Center.

Marion County CASA
Court Appointed Special Advocates, Teen Team – Program focuses on those youth who are “aging out” of the foster care system and connects them with education, life skills training, housing and employment resources so that they can be successful living independently.

Northwest Human Services
Crisis & Information Hotline – Crisis and suicide intervention services, financial assistance to prevent disconnection of utilities and/or housing eviction, and food boxes and personal hygiene items for those in need.

Thugz off Drugz
Structured Living – Stable drug-free housing, addiction counseling, mental health treatment, and re-entry support for recovering addicts in Yamhill County.

Yamhill County CASA
Court Appointed Special Advocates – Supports program that trains volunteers to advocate for children ages 0-18. CASA volunteers speak on behalf of children in court proceedings and advocate for timely resolution of cases to hasten placement in safe, permanent environments.