Initiatives
Our neighbors want a place to earn, learn, and belong. We are always looking for more ways to collaborate and build prosperity in our communities.
Rockwood is Oregon’s poorest large community. We work with our neighbors to make it a place for everyone to earn, learn, and belong.
Formed in 2021, East County Housing works to improve access to economical, safe, and affordable housing in East Multnomah County.
ECCH is a permanent, self-sustaining team that improves the health outcomes of East Multnomah County. We are a diverse group of Community Health Workers (CHWs) that are led by a professional staff, and are integrated into the Community Development Corporation of Oregon’s networks.
Renters often face rising costs and the pressures of gentrification, making them more vulnerable to displacement. Rockwood has 10% more renters and more vulnerable communities compared to West Multnomah County. H.O.M.E. Pathways (Home Ownership Means Equity) aims to empower individuals and families in East County with the knowledge and resources to achieve financial stability, secure affordable housing, and build generational wealth through homeownership.
We use food, nutritional education, business incubation, and agricultural development to help our neighbors attain better health outcomes, greater equity, and more prosperity.
Offering flexible, accessible, student-centered language instruction to the community since 2016.
We help historically underserved entrepreneurs in East Multnomah County establish and grow small businesses by giving them access to training, capital, mentorship, and government programs.
Graduated Initiatives
These initiatives are those that have found success and have been spun out to our community members where they can be run sustainably and locally.
The Shalom Network
A Shalom Network of churches is a diverse collaborative of 43 faith-communities. They share resources and initiatives connect our neighbors together.
Successfully spun out to a diverse, local leadership team in 2018.
In 2018, we developed the model for a legal aid clinic. In 2019, a group of Shalom Network Churches used elements of our model, which grew into Immigrant Connection PDX which launched with the formal support of the Department of Justice.