Community Action Partnership of Oregon

Supportive services for veteran families (ssvf) - the total number of veteran households served during this period was 365: 158 with homelessness prevention and 207 with rapid rehousing. The total number of individuals served in these households was 656. of the 365 enrolled households during this period, 100 exited the program and 72 of those, or 72%, moved into permanent housing. A total of $1,652,910.99 was spent on temporary financial assistance (tfa) for veterans. An account coordinator was added in february 2024 to assist with ssvf financial compliance and to process budget and reimbursement requests from subrecipients. Additionally, two housing navigator positions were established with two subrecipients to serve the midvalley. One housing navigator position remains at capo to serve the southern Oregon region.

For fy 2024 the balance of state continum of care submitted the 2023 hud collaborative application, monitored hud grant report submission, travelled through the geographic area and facilitated Community wide meetings, worked in collaboration with state agencies to roll out eo funding, acted as the lead agency for the coc pit count, managed hmis data for all rocc agencies, submitted agency support letters for state and federal grants, continued work on the coordinated entry system, administered rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing standards to all bos agencies, coordinated youth and domestic violence work groups, conducted a coc wide training conference with 120 participants, co-created coc wide trauma informed case management training, participated in the governor's emergency shelter system work group, coordinated with ohcs for the launch of the bos Community hub, provided testimony on local and state level legislative and zoning concerns, created and submitted a coc standard operating procedure, and presented at multiple housing summits across the state. The hmis program added and trained 219 new servicepoint users, and continued support for an average of 350 users throughout the year. We provided data quality support for agencies totaling 23,523 new entries for unduplicated clients receiving some kind of assistance. Staff completed the annual system performance measures reports, longitudinal systems analysis, pit and hic data as required.

Diaper distribution demonstration and research pilot program - as noted above, in september of 2023, capo was awarded a two-year federal grant from acf/ocs to run a pilot program. We implemented the program with a contracted partner, pdx diaper bank, and nine participating Community Action agencies. Over 3000 families have been served to date (march, 2025) with over 3 million diapers distributed. This project was focused on the collection of survey data from recipient families over the course of at least a year, to determine the effect of consistent, reliable diaper supply on elements of family wellbeing, including: child health, employment stability, school attendance, stress, income strain, etc.

Oregon training institute's (oti) mission is to conserve energy and to help low income residents of Oregon meet their energy needs while assuring their health and safety through, but not limited to; information sharing, identification of training needs as they arise and provide assistance to meeting those needs, preservation of decent, safe and sanitary low-income housing through weatherization, risk mitigation and home repair, and development and delivery of specific training to public agencies and others providing weatherization, risk mitigation, home repair and home-based health and/or safety services to low-income residents of the state of Oregon. Oti ran a workforce development program through a federal grant through the us dept. of energy in 2024 and operated on both training revenues and federal funds.

Community Action Partnership of Oregon (association) - served Community Action agencies across Oregon with training and technical assistance, public education and advocacy, building partnerships, and administering grant support. Capo works to build the capacity of Community Action in the state of Oregon by researching and communicating best practices in service delivery, data collection, marketing and outreach and grant management. Capo uses csbg funds and professional service fees to provide these services across the network of 18 agencies. In may of 2024, capo held its first annual conference to provide training and development opportunities for Community Action agency staff, statewide, in multiple program and functional areas.