Portland
Community Land Trust
An innovative approach to keeping homeownership
affordable within the City of Portland. PCLT
provides affordably priced homes for first-time
homebuyers of modest means. They make home ownership
affordable by taking land costs out of the equation.
Homebuyers purchase the house but lease the land
from the land trust. With land costs removed,
homeowners enjoy the benefits of homeownership
at an affordable price. A long-term land lease
gives the homeowner secure and exclusive rights
to use of the land beneath the home. They believe
that homeownership is the key to financial stability
for working families. As a community-based organization,
they also believe that it’s important to
safeguard the affordability of homes for the
future of the community. So they work to balance
the needs of individual homeowners with the needs
of the community.
St. Andrew Nativity
School
A fantastic middle school providing an excellent
education to those youth most at risk of
slipping through the cracks. St. Andrew Nativity
School is dedicated to offering an academically
challenging curriculum in a highly structured
environment to low income students of all
faiths. St. Andrew Nativity School cultivates
in its students the spiritual, intellectual,
and personal strengths, which will empower
them to continue their education in the high
school and college of their choice. The school
is staffed by professional educators, Jesuits,
and committed volunteers.
Mercy Corps International
A Portland non-profit with a mission to assist
the world’s neediest people using sustainable
methods. Mercy Corps works amid disasters,
conflicts, chronic poverty and instability
to unleash the potential of people who can
win against impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy
Corps has provided $1 billion in assistance
to people in 82 nations. Supported by headquarters
offices in North America, Europe, and Asia,
the agency's unified global programs employ
2,700 staff worldwide and reach nearly 10 million
people in more than 40 countries.
Albina Head Start
A jump-start for our communities’ youngest
members. Created in 1965, Head Start is the
most successful, longest-running, national
school readiness program in the United States.
It provides comprehensive education, health,
nutrition, and parent involvement services
to low-income children and their families.
Nearly 25 million pre-school aged children
have benefited from Head Start. Over the past
25 years, NHSA's mission has changed from simply
defending Head Start in Congress to actively
expanding and improving the program. Membership
types have been created for Head Start agencies,
Head Start state and regional associations,
and both commercial and nonprofit organizations.
From planning massive annual training conferences
to publishing a vast array of publications,
the National Head Start Association continually
strives to improve the quality of Head Start's
comprehensive services for America's children
and families.
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