A Piece of the Puzzle
A Redmond hotel will soon become the city s first year-round shelter thanks to funding from
Project Turnkey, the statewide initiative to convert hotel and motels into housing Amid rising housing costs and stagnant wages, Central Oregon s homeless population is growing, and shelter beds are in short supply. But, this June, at least 25 shelter beds will be added to the mix, as Bend-based nonprofit Bethlehem Inn uses state funding to convert a motel in Redmond. On April 27, Bethlehem Inn received a $2.7 million grant to acquire and convert Redmond s 37-room Greenway Motel. The grant is a part of Project Turnkey, a $65 million statewide initiative to convert up to 20 hotels and motels into housing for people displaced by the 2020 wildfires or people who are homeless. The Redmond motel one of 12 projects funded thus far will shelter unhoused individuals and act as the city s first year-round shelter.
Homeless count ongoing January 29 2021
The Point in Time Count is the only source of nationwide data on sheltered and unsheltered homelessness
The Homeless Leadership Coalition, Central Oregon s Continuum of Care, kicked off the annual Point in Time Count in Central Oregon on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
The event is a count of individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are in transitional housing in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties as well as the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
The count is a part of a state and national effort to identify the number of individuals who are experiencing homelessness and greatly impacts the available funding for homeless services to the region.
Point in Time homeless count taking place this week in Prineville
Annual count will differ from past years in Prineville because of COVID-19 limitations
The Homeless Leadership Coalition, Central Oregon s Continuum of Care, kicked off the annual Point In-Time Count in Central Oregon this past Wednesday.
The event is a count of individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are in transitional housing in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties as well as the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
The count is a part of a state and national effort to identify the number of individuals who are experiencing homelessness and greatly impacts the available funding for homeless services to the region.
Central Oregon’s annual ‘Point in Time’ homeless count set to begin Jan. 20
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Homeless Leadership Coalition, Central Oregon’s Continuum of Care, will be kicking off the annual Point In-Time Count in Central Oregon on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
This event is a count of individuals who are experiencing homelessness or in transitional housing in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties, including the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The count is a part of a State and national effort to identify the number of individuals experiencing homelessness and greatly impacts the available funding for homeless services to our region.
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A group of homeless people try to stay warm outside the Boys and Girls Club of Tarpon Springs cold night shelter in January 2020. Tampa Bay communities will be conducting annual homeless counts in January and February, but will not rely on volunteers this year because of the pandemic. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | TImes ]
Published Jan. 9
TAMPA â The economic fallout from the pandemic has almost certainly forced more people into living on the streets and in shelters, Tampa Bay homelessness advocates say.