Behind the News: ‘Homelessness has many different faces’ – March 6, 2021

Behind the News: ‘Homelessness has many different faces’ – March 6, 2021

Clatsop Community Action has an outsized role in the social services safety net on the North Coast.

The nonprofit operates the regional food bank and provides housing, energy assistance and other critical services to low-income people.

Over the past year, Clatsop County has expanded the agency’s portfolio to encompass a veterans services officer and a homeless liaison.

Like Helping Hands and the volunteer-driven Astoria Warming Center and Filling Empty Bellies, Clatsop Community Action has tried to change perceptions….

Read the article in The Astorian here.

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

~Edward Everett Hale

“To end homelessness, a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs is needed.” —National Alliance to End Homelessness

“One thing is certain: There is almost always resistance from individuals and organizations seeking to defend the status quo.” —Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

“… middle-class values cannot be imposed on those who have had no access to middle-class comforts.” —Lloyd Pendleton