Mustering support
Others represent Adelante Mujeres, based in Forest Grove; Centro Cultural de Washington County, based in Cornelius; Consejo Hispano, based in Astoria; Dreamers Resource Center at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College; Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization; Innovation Law Lab, and Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, which runs clinics in Washington and Yamhill counties.
Some of them urged add-ons, such as additional mental health counseling and economic aid for immigrants, including help with application fees that have escalated during the Trump administration. For young people shielded from deportation, the initial application fee jumped from $460 to $695; for permanent residency, from $1,760 to $2,860, and for citizenship, $640 to $1,170.
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CCUSA receives $1 million grant to help fire-devastated communities
Feb 14, 2021 catholic news service
A home in Napa, Calif., is destroyed by a wildfire in this illustration photo. Catholic Charities USA received a $1 million grant Feb. 11, 2021, that will enable aid to be delivered over the next 12 to 18 months to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington. (Credit: Jim Urquhart/Reuters via CNS.)
A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
CLEVELAND A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
Work underway on 110 affordable apartments in North Portland February 11 2021
The Cathedral Village Apartments project is being developed by Catholic Charities of Oregon and Related Northwest.
Shovels thrust into wintry soil was the first step for a budding new affordable housing community in North Portland.
When completed in July 2022, Cathedral Village Apartments will offer overhead views of the soaring St. Johns Bridge, the rumble and hum of freight trains round back, and 110 units for Portlanders to call home.
Development partners Catholic Charities of Oregon and Related Northwest officially broke ground on the $37.7 million project at 6520 N. Salem Ave. on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
Catholic agency gets $1 million grant to help fire-devastated cities
Residents embrace near the remains of destroyed homes Oct. 9 after wildfires in Santa Rosa, Calif. (CNS photo/John G. Mabanglo, EPA)
By Dennis Sadowski • Catholic News Service • Posted February 12, 2021
(CNS) A $1 million grant will allow 10 Catholic Charities agencies in four wildfire-stricken Western states to provide assistance to people burned out of their homes.
The grant to Catholic Charities USA from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy will enable aid to be delivered over the next 12 to 18 months in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington.
“It was natural for us to go to Catholic Charities given their expertise in disaster case management and given their multistate presence as well as their deep, deep understanding of local communities and the individuals in those communities,” Regine Webster, center vice president, told Catholic News Service Feb. 11.