Church At The Park

Turner road and turner road youth- the organization operates a day center at their church location on turner road, directly adjacent to salem's cascades gateway park, where many unhoused individuals are camping. At this day center, the organization serves meals and provides laundry, showers, mail services and case management services to their guests. As a result of awarded funding, they are able to provide these services for 20 hours per week.

Health integration - outreach care coordinator to support unsheltered individuals in navigating complex medical and housing systems and accessing the care needed to move from homelessness to stability.

Polk county - to meet the needs of the unsheltered community in rural polk county, oregon, the organization began planning to expand and provide sheltering services. At the end of 2023, the results were the purchase of a house, which will be converted to provide sheltering for three unsheltered families, and extensive outreach services have been provided so that the organization can better understand the needs of the community being served.

Safe parking - the safe parking network provides legal camping, free garbage disposal, and portable restrooms to unsheltered individuals over 18 living in their vehicles. Safe parking sites are established in cooperation with faith communities,businesses, non-profit organizations, government offices, and private landowners. The organization provides camper screening and placement, sanitation and trash pick-up, and parking site management at no cost to the host.

Navigation - the navigation team facilitates intakes into the organization's day center programs, as well as working to establish primary care providers,finding dental care providers, enrolling participants in oregan's health plan, seeking mental health services, and engaging in drug and alcohol treatment. The case management team works in coordination with the navigation team to assist those at the day center to move from emergency sheltering to permanent supportive housing. Additionally, community outreach workers serve as an interface between unsheltered neighbors and the organization's sites, visiting known homeless camps in order to connect the unsheltered to potential services.

Contracted safety - there was a desire in the community for professional, non-violent safety services, so the organization started contracting with local organizations to provide that service, since they already provided that for their own sites. This has allowed the organization to expand its impact on the community by creating alternatives to armed security or law enforcement.