Services: Referrals, housing & energy assistance, short term
case management
Impact: 92% of homeless families gain permanent housing
Each
month, individuals and families come to Portland Impact seeking
assistance with their utility bills and rent, as well as cash
assistance for items they need but cannot afford such as work
clothes, specialized tools and food. In addition to these emergency
services, Portland Impact offers short term case management and
bi-lingual information services. The goal is to provide basic needs,
while offering linkages to programs and services that are designed
to support independence and economic self-sufficiency.
Clients who receive these services often become participants in
Portland Impact’s longer term programs such as PCDS, SUN and youth
development. Families looking to move away from homelessness
participate in the Homeless Families program. Portland Impact
operates Richmond Place, a drug and alcohol free transitional
housing facility in SE Portland where families receive on-site
family support,
employment training, parenting and other skill-building services.
Additional families are transitioned out of homeless through
scattered site housing – permanent housing units where rent
subsidies are gradually reduced as families become self-sufficient.
Our Employment Specialists assist adults to gain the skills needed
to obtain full time, livable wage employment.
Through our Energy Assistance program, nearly 6,000 households a
year receive cash assistance for electric, gas, oil, water and sewer
utility bills. Portland Impact staff work with families to provide
access to other services that support their independence and
economic self-sufficiency. Information and Referral is provided in
multiple languages, linking families to social services throughout
the community.
Families who are homeless receive critical support through our
Emergency Housing Assistance program. Through vouchers for
short-term motel stays, placement in local shelters and direct rent
assistance, Portland Impact helps families while they work to move
out of homelessness. Some families also receive Short Term
Intervention Services. Our staff works with families to develop a
support plan, which identifies goals and strategies designed to help
them succeed in all facets of life.
Each
month, individuals and families come to Portland Impact seeking
assistance with their utility bills and rent, as well as cash
assistance for items they need but cannot afford such as work
clothes, specialized tools and food. In addition to these emergency
services, Portland Impact offers short term case management and
bi-lingual information services. The goal is to provide basic needs,
while offering linkages to programs and services that are designed
to support independence and economic self-sufficiency.
pport,
employment training, parenting and other skill-building services.
Additional families are transitioned out of homeless through
scattered site housing – permanent housing units where rent
subsidies are gradually reduced as families become self-sufficient.
Our Employment Specialists assist adults to gain the skills needed
to obtain full time, livable wage employment. 