Using technology to transform lives Tina Duckett, a resident at Kenton Womenâs Village, opens her new phone from Catholic Charities and Providenceâs Technology Access Now program. (Courtesy Catholic Charities)
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With just one thing, Catholic Charities clients’ lives were changed. What was it? A cellphone.
The Technology Access Now program, a partnership between Catholic Charities and Providence Health and Services, provides clients with cellphones and or assistance using cellphones. The two-year-old program has already proved transformative.
One client was finally able to find and maintain housing after getting her phone. And now, she’s been able to begin her own hair and makeup business, for which she needed a phone to connect with clients.
Months away from the start of the new fiscal year, three local government agencies are carving out room in their 2021-2022 budget proposals for programs aimed at solving one of the Portland area’s most pressing and most visual problems: trash.
This week, representatives for the city of Portland, the Joint Office of Homeless Services and the regional government agency Metro all confirmed they’re hoping to launch, or in one case have already launched, programs that pay people to pick up trash along local streets and highways.
In all three cases, staff will zero in on hiring specific demographics: people experiencing homelessness or people recently out of the correctional system. They’re also, in all three cases, aiming to pay workers living wages with rates as high as $20 an hour.
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Portland shuts down homeless veteran housing complex
All residents are moved to a nearby motel because of chronic health and safety problems.
The City of Portland shut down a government-funded veteran-supportive housing complex, deeming it dangerous to live in. The decision came after officials and contractors discovered water damage and a deteriorating roof, which led to a serious ceiling collapse and mold infestation.
This action is forcing all of the veterans who lived there out of the property, leaving them with an uncertain future for long-term housing. Those veterans say the building has been neglected for years. Now, they re worried about where they re going to live.
Thursday, 08 April 2021 Ørsted has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with NOAA to share physical and biological information and data in Ørsted-leased waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. The agreement is the first of its kind between an offshore wind developer and NOAA.
NOAA, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides the country with weather, water, and climate data, as well as forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property, the sustainable management of the nation’s marine fisheries and conservation of protected resources, and enhancement of the national economy. Ørsted relies on collected data from the waters it leases to be used in the analysis, development, construction, and operation of the company’s offshore projects. The data Ørsted collects and shares will contribute to NOAA’s data analysis efforts, which will translate into lifesaving information supporting America’s coastal resilience.