By Wayne Miya | Executive Director
Last month we celebrated our 25th Anniversary. We started in 1988 in a 5 bedroom house, and now operate a 14-bed 24-hour specialized residential care facility. Other services include our award-winning Neighborhood Housing and Care Program where we serve high-need people in their homes, Esther's Pantry (food bank) and Tod's Corner (free thrift store). Many of our staff, volunteers, donors and clients were there to help us celebrate, present awards to people who gave of themselves over and above any expectations, and honor the clients who passed away during this past year.
The Oregon State legislature allocated $350.000 towards the Neighborhood Housing and Care Project at the end of the legislative session. With this money we will strengthen the infrastructure of our program by adding some administrative staff as well as upgrading some equipment, and adding to funds for Caregiver training. We will use this money as leverage to get additional funds to expand our services to a larger population of people with HIV as well as their caregivers. We are currently working with CareOregon and FamilyCare to address the needs of their highest utilizers of services and will work out a funding model that can be sustainable for these services in the future.
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