Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff visited Eugene, stopping at the White Bird clinic at WOW Hall on Monday, to emphasize the importance of everyone in the community getting a COVID-19 vaccination.
Emhoff entered the WOW Hall vaccination site a little before 1 p.m. Monday and toured the venue with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio.
Emhoff is touring communities across the nation to focus on fixing issues with equity, bringing information back to Vice President Kamala Harris, his wife.
White Bird Clinic, which provides crisis services and free medical care in Lane County, partnered with WOW Hall in early March to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all who are eligible. The community center and live music venue in downtown Eugene, which is owned and operated by the nonprofit Community Center for the Performing Arts, is set up with tables to administer shots and 20 chairs spaced out for people in their observation period after getting their COVID-19 vaccine.
Benton County to Receive $2.3 Million for COVID Response
April 5, 2021
In an announcement on March 31, Rep. Peter DeFazio said over $16.1 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan would be given to health centers in Southwestern Oregon, including $2.3 million to Benton County.
The American Rescue Plan provides community health centers with the resources to enhance their COVID-19 response. Health centers that receive funding can use it to expand vaccinations, to test and treat vulnerable populations, and to expand operational capacities during the pandemic and beyond.
The American Rescue Plan was signed into law on March 11, including Section 2601 which stipulated the funding for community health centers. In the bill, the funds were said to be allocated in six ways:
Mosaic Medical in Prineville to join health center COVID-19 vaccine program
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Friday that clinics in Portland, Oregon City, Grants Pass, Eugene, Tillamook, Prineville and Medford will be invited to join the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program over the next six weeks.
The nine clinics join Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and the Neighborhood Health Center in Portland, Multnomah, and Lane counties in the program.
The Health Resources and Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched this vaccine program to directly allocate COVID-19 vaccine to HRSA-supported health centers to ensure underserved communities and those disproportionately affected by COVID-19 are equitably vaccinated.
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If you have a spare bedroom, you could be part of the solution to Oregon’s housing crisis.
Home Share Oregon brings homeowners with empty rooms together with potential renters. The program uses an online matchmaking platform to let homeowners and renters vet each other to fill empty bedrooms.
The program and its supporters say it’s a way to chip away at the low supply of housing in the state.
Started in 2019 and associated with the Portland-based Oregon Harbor of Hope, Home Share has the backing of the Oregon Legislature, which created a pilot property tax abatement incentive for homeowners during the 2019 legislative session but only if county governments approve.