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Rent Assistance Vouchers Are Helping Dig People Out of Homelessness

Service providers say Regional Long-Term Rent Assistance is among the most successful tools to combat homelessness. The only problem? A 5,560-person waiting list

Regional Long-Term Rent Assistance vouchers are helping dig people out of homelessness. They’re one of the most successful tools to come out of Metro’s Supportive Housing Services tax. Service providers say they go a long way in keeping people housed, including domestic violence survivors, but the need far outpaces the availability of vouchers.

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How a Billionaire Philanthropist is Transforming Oregon Nonprofits

Windfall donations come as MacKenzie Scott gives away $640 million in 2024 via her charitable organization, Yield Giving.

One day in March, Hannah Miller, the development director of Jackson Street Youth Services in Corvallis, frantically ran through the building and grabbed Executive Director Kendra Phillips-Neal.ย  โ€œShe put her phone in my hand and had me read the email,โ€ Phillips-Neal recalls. โ€œWe both stood outside silently screaming. There were tears and a lot of […]

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