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Community Services

For the most vulnerable residents in our housing or for those in the wider community, we provide support needed for long-term stability in housing.

We offer:

  • Resident services for low-income families and individuals in our affordable housing properties.
  • Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for families and individuals who transitioned from long-term homelessness and have multiple disabling conditions. On-site staff offer supportive services and connection to resources for PSH households.
  • Food Pantries in 8 of our affordable housing communities.
  • Family Services for low-income families, mostly refugee and immigrant parents with infants or toddlers, including help navigating to services, applying for housing, and help with baby supplies, diapers and clothes.
  • Other emerging needs: like health outreach and health clinics with our Healthy Housing Initiative partner Providence Health Systems.

Resident Services

Catholic Charities of Oregon helps residents maintain their housing and thrive as members of our community.  

Food Pantries

As hunger and poverty in Oregon continue to rise, we maintain a pantry at our main offices and at our various housing sites so nourishment is never far away. Those who have food are in a better position to change their lives.  

Family Services

Supporting families has been a priority for Catholic Charities since our founding. In partnership with our clients, we provide an array of counseling and parental supportive services, case management, and support for those who have experienced trauma.
Articles

Expert: Childbirth can lead to homelessness

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Dr. David Willis, a national expert on child health and poverty, reports that sometimes the birth of a newborn can be a catastrophic tipping point for families on the verge of losing their homes. The driver of this outcome is the chasm between soaring rent and stagnant income. And the birth of a new baby…

A new home off the streets – with services

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Catholic Charities opens affordable housing with services in Southeast Portland  In one of Portland’s most direct actions to help people leave homelessness to date, Catholic Charities of Oregon with its public and private partners opened a 61-unit apartment building in the Buckman neighborhood on Sept. 26.  

They have made it home

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Good Shepherd Village, the Catholic Charities affordable housing community in Happy Valley, is up and running smoothly. The building is what most people see – colorful, graceful, welcoming. But the real stories are inside. We spoke with six new residents of the village and asked them about their lives and their sense of what makes…

‘Books are common ground’

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
From two ground floor rooms at Catholic Charities’ St. Francis Park Apartments, a small organization uses literature to humanize life on the streets.