Welcome to the Quick & Easy Wasco County Commission Update! Get the highlights of the recent Wasco County Commission Meeting on Dec 1st…without having to sit in a two hour meeting on zoom.

The new restroom and shower trailer provides functionality, durability, comfort to guests of the shelter, while also improving shelter guests health, self-esteem, confidence and overall wellness.

The Navigation Center will serve as a comprehensive resource center for low-income community members and those experiencing houselessness in the Mid-Columbia region and become the new permanent location of The Dalles tiny home shelters.

“I’ve always loved helping others that have experienced barriers that my family has struggled with in the past,” said Lissette Rivera. She is a Community Health Worker with Bridges to Health. All CHWs within the Bridge. She helps clients with anything from making a dental appointment to accessing food, transportation, or housing.

The Dalles Houseless Shelters will not be shutting down operation on March 31st thanks to some hard digging into Municipal code by The City of The Dalles in partnership with Mid Columbia Community Action Council. The City of The Dalles has decided that the temporary shelter site operated by MCCAC is within the public right-of-way* and the City has granted MCCAC a temporary license to use the right-of-way to continue operating a temporary shelter site effective April 1st.

Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) has been awarded $3,123,616 to support regional efforts to address houselessness and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What is it like to experience houselessness in The Dalles? Cole Goodwin of CCC News lives a day in the life to find out.