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Community members are invited to learn more about bridge shelters and share their input

The $2M in grants will be split among 12 community organizations, most that primarily serve the Latinx community. The organizations are using the money to hire and pay a living wage to at least 12 new promotores de salud, the Spanish term for community he

El Condado de Washington ha otorgado un total de $2 millones en subvenciones a repartirse entre 12 organizaciones que dan servicios a la comunidad latina. Las organizaciones están usando los fondos para contratar y pagar un salario digno a por lo menos 12

Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Erwin rules that Washington County is pre-empted in enacting a local ban.

Key government officials celebrate the grand opening of The Valfre at Avenida 26, an affordable housing bond project that has been completed in Forest Grove, Washington County.

This is a media release regarding information on the first year of the Regional Supportive Housing efforts.

Elected officials, community leaders, and residents will celebrate the grand opening of Viewfinder, a new, 81-unit affordable housing apartment community in Tigard, on Wednesday, June 29 from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties have the capacity to serve twice the number of people they currently serve with the federally funded WIC program.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to withdraw from its contract with ambulance provider Metro West on June 30, 2023, at the end of the current 18-month contract period.

Leaders from the three Portland-area Metro counties on Wednesday, May 4, for the first time jointly released numbers from their federally required counts of people experiencing homelessness.

Washington County’s Emergency Rental Assistance program has reached capacity and will cease taking applications beginning May 6th to ensure current pending applications are processed.

187 Beds extended for several more weeks to provide shelter for medically fragile individuals, families and people experiencing homelessness

Public Health honors groups for improving access

Debido a las condiciones peligrosas, el Condado Washington ha activado los refugios por clima severo que abrirán sus puertas para todas las personas que busquen un refugio durante los fenómenos meteorológicos de invierno.

Expanded shelter capacity in Hillsboro and Beaverton to remain open until further notice. Washington County has activated severe weather shelters to provide expanded emergency shelter capacity during frigid temperatures. The shelters will remain open until conditions improve.

Elected officials and leaders from state and local government joined affordable housing developer, Related Northwest, to mark the commencement of construction of Terrace Glen Apartments, a 144-unit affordable, intergenerational development.

To address the homelessness crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) developed the House America initiative. House America is a federal effort to decrease homelessness by re-housing families and individuals into stable, affordable housing and by creating new units of affordable and supportive housing to serve people experiencing homelessness.

Due to dangerous conditions, Washington County has activated inclement weather shelters that will open their doors to anyone seeking shelter through the winter weather event. These beds supplement the Winter Shelter program which provides 187 shelter beds from November 15, 2021 to March 15, 2021 for individuals, families, and medically fragile adults. Unhoused people seeking shelter should present in person at the locations listed below:

El programa de Washington County Women, Infants & Children alienta a todas las familias elegibles a inscribirse en WIC para recibir asistencia nutricional. A partir de ahora y hasta Marzo del 2022, los participantes continuarán obteniendo un aumento temporal en su beneficio de frutas y verduras.

Washington County Women, Infants & Children (WIC) encourages all eligible families to sign up for WIC to receive nutrition assistance including electronic monthly benefits that can be used to purchase healthy food. Now through March 2022, participants will continue to get a temporary increase in their monthly fruit and vegetable benefit.