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In 2013, the non-profit organization Opportunity Village Eugene (OVE) was founded with the goal of addressing the issue of affordable housing. That August, the Eugene City Council voted to donate land to OVE and approved the construction of a village. [3] Opportunity Village opened in May 2014. [2] It was funded by $100,000 in private donations ...
As of January 2017, Oregon has an estimated 13,953 individuals experiencing homelessness. Of this homeless population, 1,083 are family households, 1,251 are veterans, 1,462 are unaccompanied young adults (aged 18–24), and 3,387 are individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. [2] As of 2022, 17,959 people total experienced homelessness in ...
CAHOOTS ( Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mental-health-crisis intervention program in Eugene, Oregon, which has handled some lower-risk emergency calls involving mental illness since 1989. [1] In most American cities, police respond to such calls, and at least 25% of people killed in police encounters had been suffering from ...
The package includes $25 million for Eugene and eight other local governments. Officials can use the money to address homelessness in a number of ways
The community weighs in about the homeless in Eugene, climate change, and COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 6: The homeless in Eugene, climate change, and COVID ...
Updated March 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM. GRANTS PASS, Ore. — For more than five years, Helen Cruz lived on the streets of Grants Pass. A small, rural town of roughly 40,000 people, the city has now ...
Homeless man sleeping in 37°F weather at the Colorado Supreme Court Building. Homelessness is a growing problem in the State of Colorado, as the state's population grows. 0.2–0.3% of Coloradans or people who live there are homeless on a given night. Denver and Colorado Springs have the largest homeless communities.
U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with the legality of local laws used against people who camp on public streets and parks in a ...