Jen Shafer - ALICE demo (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) - earning more than the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford the basics

(https://www.unitedforalice.org/state-overview/Oregon)

• ALICE collects household data for Oregon and makes it available by County, Zip code, Census Designated Place, and County Subdivision

• ALICE data can be filtered by race /ethnicity, household composition (families with children, single households) and age of householder

• Other breakdowns including the household budgets include maps, demographics, labor force, and well being

• ALICE is an easy to use website with many interactive links, maps, and graphs to obtain data useful for in grant writing, marketing materials, program creation, etc.

• Run by local representatives and from Oregon as a whole. Very trusted public data

• Partner states available but not all of the states participate

• 2021 data - 12% earned below the FPL / 32% were ALICE / Together 44% of households in OR were below the ALICE Threshold / Single Female - Headed households are struggling

• Coos & Curry families of 4 would need to earn $70,000 a year to be above the ALICE threshold and the increase in food prices are now almost equal to childcare and housing.

• Legislative District tool breaks it up by Congressional, State, and Upper and Lower districts

• Other grant data sources

  • Ford by the Numbers

  • South Coast Regional Learning Hub

  • Coos County Alcohol and Drug Planning

  • South Coast Equity Coalition will have data soon an

  • Advanced Health will have data soon

Libby Kennard

• Parkinson Support Group is doing well but need a larger room with better acoustics (hold 25 + )

Gordon Clay (R U OK)

• data 2021 =72% of gun related deaths in Curry county were suicides and 50% of those were women. Stressed the need of the brochure for ways to help. Interested in making the brochure in Spanish, looking for organizations that want to collaborate gordonclay@aol.com

Kirsten Aasen (Southern Coos Change)

• organization has a session on August 22nd

Sam Baugh (Advanced Health Community Engagement)

• CHIP GRANT: Coos August 15th deadline & Curry September 1st deadline

• Connecting with community TV program - looking for more organizations to interview

Olivia Robinson (Age +)

• Vaccination initiative with Coos Health and Wellness is looking for a community organization to partner with to add an vaccination component to community events Flu or Covid shots = Desire

Frances Smith (Coos County Friends of Public Health / Coos Health Initiative / League of Women Voters)

• Coos Health Initiative - Grant with OHSU Knight Cancer Institute - Researching Pancreatic cancer

• Healthy Oregon Project (HOP) - free genetic study for your personal cancer risk and genetic counceling

Robert Whitsell (Neighbor Works Umpqua)

• Funding through CDBG and the city of North Bend for rental utility and foreclosure assistance (has to connect with Covid) for another approximate 5 months

• Home Repair Project - CDBG grant and will be doing about 30 home repairs ($100,000 for Manufactured homes built after 1977)

Lualhati Anderson (Southern Oregon Older Adult Behavioral Health)

• Specialist hosting a virtual training to CEU’s from NASW regarding reduction.

• Consumer Older Adults partnered with North Bend Public Library to present a monthly modern life skills for older adults presentation

• August 28th - Tom Bach - Bay Area Walks - hybrid (in person = door prize)

• Memory Cafe Coos every 1st Wednesday 10:30am - 12:00pm for unpaid Caregivers and care partners with memory concerns (does not have to be diagnosed as dementia)

Pamela Huntley (Advanced Health)

• System of Care partnered with Coos Health and Wellness - Restoring Hope Health Equity Fair @ Mingus park August 25th 4-7pm

Charlotte Carver (South Coast Regional Early Learning Hub & Coos County Alcohol & Drug Planning Committee)

• Community Connections meets once a month (3rd Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm) open to all - no attendance commitment - hybrid (in person & zoom) held at rotating communities across the south coast - primary focuses are: peer learning, education, sharing, advocacy relating to equity and inclusion

Carol Long -

• Tall Cop aka Jermaine Galloway training on High in Plain Sight current drug trends - morning & afternoon options

Angela Phillips - Executive Admin at UWSWO introduction

Next month is Suicide Awareness and Prevention month

Next month topic: Traumatic Brain Injury recent legislation and other updates

Send suggestions for future topics to Jen Shafer director@unitedwayswo.org

Jen Shafer - ALICE demo (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) - earning more than the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford the basics

(https://www.unitedforalice.org/state-overview/Oregon)

• ALICE collects household data for Oregon and makes it available by County, Zip code, Census Designated Place, and County Subdivision

• ALICE data can be filtered by race /ethnicity, household composition (families with children, single households) and age of householder

• Other breakdowns including the household budgets include maps, demographics, labor force, and well being

• ALICE is an easy to use website with many interactive links, maps, and graphs to obtain data useful for in grant writing, marketing materials, program creation, etc.

• Run by local representatives and from Oregon as a whole. Very trusted public data

• Partner states available but not all of the states participate

• 2021 data - 12% earned below the FPL / 32% were ALICE / Together 44% of households in OR were below the ALICE Threshold / Single Female - Headed households are struggling

• Coos & Curry families of 4 would need to earn $70,000 a year to be above the ALICE threshold and the increase in food prices are now almost equal to childcare and housing.

• Legislative District tool breaks it up by Congressional, State, and Upper and Lower districts

• Other grant data sources

  • Ford by the Numbers

  • South Coast Regional Learning Hub

  • Coos County Alcohol and Drug Planning

  • South Coast Equity Coalition will have data soon an

  • Advanced Health will have data soon

Libby Kennard

• Parkinson Support Group is doing well but need a larger room with better acoustics (hold 25 + )

Gordon Clay (R U OK)

• data 2021 =72% of gun related deaths in Curry county were suicides and 50% of those were women. Stressed the need of the brochure for ways to help. Interested in making the brochure in Spanish, looking for organizations that want to collaborate gordonclay@aol.com

Kirsten Aasen (Southern Coos Change)

• organization has a session on August 22nd

Sam Baugh (Advanced Health Community Engagement)

• CHIP GRANT: Coos August 15th deadline & Curry September 1st deadline

• Connecting with community TV program - looking for more organizations to interview

Olivia Robinson (Age +)

• Vaccination initiative with Coos Health and Wellness is looking for a community organization to partner with to add an vaccination component to community events Flu or Covid shots = Desire

Frances Smith (Coos County Friends of Public Health / Coos Health Initiative / League of Women Voters)

• Coos Health Initiative - Grant with OHSU Knight Cancer Institute - Researching Pancreatic cancer

• Healthy Oregon Project (HOP) - free genetic study for your personal cancer risk and genetic counceling

Robert Whitsell (Neighbor Works Umpqua)

• Funding through CDBG and the city of North Bend for rental utility and foreclosure assistance (has to connect with Covid) for another approximate 5 months

• Home Repair Project - CDBG grant and will be doing about 30 home repairs ($100,000 for Manufactured homes built after 1977)

Lualhati Anderson (Southern Oregon Older Adult Behavioral Health)

• Specialist hosting a virtual training to CEU’s from NASW regarding reduction.

• Consumer Older Adults partnered with North Bend Public Library to present a monthly modern life skills for older adults presentation

• August 28th - Tom Bach - Bay Area Walks - hybrid (in person = door prize)

• Memory Cafe Coos every 1st Wednesday 10:30am - 12:00pm for unpaid Caregivers and care partners with memory concerns (does not have to be diagnosed as dementia)

Pamela Huntley (Advanced Health)

• System of Care partnered with Coos Health and Wellness - Restoring Hope Health Equity Fair @ Mingus park August 25th 4-7pm

Charlotte Carver (South Coast Regional Early Learning Hub & Coos County Alcohol & Drug Planning Committee)

• Community Connections meets once a month (3rd Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm) open to all - no attendance commitment - hybrid (in person & zoom) held at rotating communities across the south coast - primary focuses are: peer learning, education, sharing, advocacy relating to equity and inclusion

Carol Long -

• Tall Cop aka Jermaine Galloway training on High in Plain Sight current drug trends - morning & afternoon options

Angela Phillips - Executive Admin at UWSWO introduction

Next month is Suicide Awareness and Prevention month

Next month topic: Traumatic Brain Injury recent legislation and other updates

Send suggestions for future topics to Jen Shafer director@unitedwayswo.org