Dec 3

Dec 3 Quick & Easy Wasco County Commission: COVID Update, 3G Networks Are No More, Local Veteran Honored, County Grants Deed to Home At Last and more!

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.

Sep 14

Sep 14 New Shower Trailer for the Houseless Brings Better Sanitation, Self Esteem and Success to TD Shelter Guests

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, The Dalles

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.

Aug 27

Aug 27 MCCAC Receives $1.5 Million to Develop Navigation Center in The Dalles

Cole Goodwin

The Dalles, Home Page

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.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Meet Lissette Rivera: Understanding the Struggle in Health Care

Tom Peterson

The Dalles, Home Page

“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.

Mar 30

Mar 30 The Dalles Houseless Shelters to Remain Open Until September

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Wasco County

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.

Mar 22

Mar 22 MCCAC Awarded $3 Million to Address Houselessness

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Wasco County

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.

Jan 27

Jan 27 A Day in the Life, Houseless in The Dalles

Cole Goodwin

Home Page, Wasco County

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

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